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...stem-cell lines do so free of any monetary strings, which means they are also entitled to any potential commercial windfall that may come from the application of the cells to a treatment or therapy. "Any discoveries they make using the lines will be theirs," says Amy Wilkerson, associate vice president for research support at Rockefeller University, who oversaw the submission of the university's lines...
Elliot F. Gerson ’74 is American secretary of the Rhodes Trust and executive vice president of the Aspen Institute. A version of this article previously appeared in the Washington Post...
...push very hard for a criminal charge," says Jonathan Turley, law professor at George Washington University. "They are famous for lacking a sense of humor." It would be hard to blame them, given the circumstances. In an alarming security breach, the Salahis managed to schmooze with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and a slew of other top figures at the ornate event honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. (Photos of their VIP hobnobbing were promptly posted on Facebook.) Though the couple passed through metal detectors, observers noted that they could have potentially smuggled in anthrax or other unconventional...
...lines date back to 1833. Although he only formally became Dubai's ruler in 2006 upon the death of a brother, he has been the driving force behind the emirate for three decades. Of equal importance, his ambition and competence have made him a leading figure - presently serving as Vice President, Prime Minister and Defense Minister - in the United Arab Emirates, the country created by a confederation of seven Arab sheikdoms in 1971. No leader in the U.A.E., or perhaps in the Arab world at large, can rival Sheik Mohammed's global connections in politics and business...
Scott Krugman, an NRF vice president, sees Black Friday as a barometer for consumer sentiment but says it's not a slam dunk for how the rest of the holiday season will go. Last year, for example, shoppers spent 7% more over the Black Friday weekend than they did the year before. Yet holiday sales ultimately fell 3.4%, he notes. (See TIME's 2009 Holiday Gift Guide...