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...sure enough, Icelanders with a particular variant of the LTA4H gene turn out to be 40% more likely than average to have heart attacks. Looking outside the country, deCODE scientists found the variant gene in other populations--and discovered that in African Americans the increased risk is not 40% but a whopping 250%. That suggests the company's prospective drug--invented by Bayer and licensed by deCODE--could have a correspondingly large lifesaving effect, although even if it works, it could be several years before it reaches the U.S. market. Some critics are worried that insurers and employers might avoid...
...east side establishment.” Author Danielle Sassoon ’08 is particularly impressed that “Baruch” (as he is endearingly referred to on second reference) has an in with the maitre d’—a term whose only accepted variant differs in its inclusion of a cirumflex above the “i.” Except that in the article, it is spelled “Maitre...
...trial of Tennessee teacher John T. Scopes.“Intelligent design had its heyday in the 19th century when natural science was first introduced into colleges in the pre-Civil War era,” Edwards says. “The intelligent design movement now is just a variant on the creationism debates.”Edwards says a bizarre twist of fate caused an alliance between science and religion. He adds that when the natural sciences weren’t taught in American colleges, some scientists justified their discipline by saying it provided evidence of the existence...
...search the fields for bits of vegetables and small game, with all of it ending up in the flat-bottomed pans that are still used to make paella today. These peasant origins are the reason that true paella can contain everything from snails to rabbit (the chicken-and-seafood variant is a latter-day affectation that brings a concerned frown to the face of many Valencians). Paella's humble beginnings are also honored in paella picnics - still common in Spain - where whole families will gather for an outdoor cook-off, harking back to a time when communal meals were taken...
...search the fields for bits of vegetables and small game, with all of it ending up in the flat-bottomed pans that are still used to make paella today. These peasant origins are the reason that true paella can contain everything from snails to rabbit (the chicken-and-seafood variant is a latter-day affectation that brings a concerned frown to the face of many Valencians). Paella's humble beginnings are also honored in paella picnics-still common in Spain-where whole families will gather for an outdoor cook-off, harking back to a time when communal meals were taken...