In blocking federal funding for stem cell research, Bush sided with religious conservatives who argue that research on embryos destroys human life, albeit at its earliest stage of development.

尽管胚胎处于人类的早期阶段，但是布什和保守派人士仍认为胚胎的研究摧毁了生命，并阻止了联邦基金资助干细胞研究。

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They exchanged not a word. On the one hand, there was profound meditation, on the other, the religious admiration with which one watches the birth and development of a marvel of the human mind.

他们彼此都不吭声，一方面是深思熟虑，另一方面是一种虔敬心情，那是从人类的智慧中诞生光大的。

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The western missionaries set up girl "s school in China just in order to disseminate religious, but their activities promoted the development of modem Chinese women education."

来华传教士兴办女学的实践虽然其目的是为了传教，但他们的提倡乃至创办女学，却对中国近代女子教育起到了推动作用。

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Education should promote understanding, tolerance, peace and friendly relations between the nations and all racial or religious groups and encourage the development of United Nations activities in pursuance of these objectives.

UNESCO: Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

Yet if Turkey is to remain competitive it needs to invest far more in research and development (the Directorate for Religious Affairs, which employs thousands of clerics, was allocated double the amount slated for TUBITAK last year).

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All state schools are required to provide a daily religious service (though some fail to do so), to teach religious studies and to promote the spiritual and moral development of their pupils.

ECONOMIST: Schools and religion