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...that experiments on cells derived from aborted or abandoned embryos were an outrage; many researchers--and several Republican Senators--countered that because the cells have the potential to turn into virtually any cell type, from kidney to bone to brain, they could be invaluable in curing disease. So Bush split the difference: henceforth no newly harvested embryonic stem cells could be studied with federal funds. But the 70 or so stem-cell lines already in researchers' hands were fair game. "This," he said in a televised address, "allows us to explore the promise and potential of stem-cell research without...
...like to say Hefner split up. It's just that four or five albums is enough...
...like to say we split up," Hayman says of Hefner. "It's just that four or five albums is enough, unless there's something really new to do." Hefner's drummer and guitarist are pursuing solo projects, while Hayman and bassist John Morrison are the French. Why call a band the French? Hayman, who grew up in Essex, explains that due to the antipathy his countrymen have for their neighbors across the Channel, "it's a kind of litmus test of my audience." His audience - somewhere between big cult and the bottom of the pop charts - will be relieved...
...ranks and becoming quartermaster, the man responsible for arms procurement. McKevitt's long-term relationship with Bernadette Sands - the sister of I.R.A. martyr Bobby Sands, who died on hunger strike in 1981 - gave him a potency among I.R.A. volunteers that he might not otherwise have enjoyed, so when he split from the Provisional I.R.A. many followed. McKevitt's conviction was based largely on evidence provided by David Rupert, an American who infiltrated the Real I.R.A. on behalf of the fbi and MI5. Rupert won McKevitt's trust, portraying himself as a computer expert who could help with cyberterrorism and bring...
...However, not all in the local diocese are as understanding. Just as conservative Episcopalian bishops have threatened a split in the church, there are some in New Hampshire, who are deeply disturbed by Robinson?s sexuality. Jones even says the majority in some parishes were struggling to accept it. ?There are going to be difficult and painful days ahead...