Science, rah rah :The Scientist [2009-09-01]


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	By Bob Grant

Science, rah rah Darlene Cavalier isn’t your typical cheerleader. The petite, blond ex-Philadelphia 76ers dancer is driven by a single-minded goal—to reestablish a new-and-improved Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), a Congressional science advisory body that was shuttered by Newt Gingrich and fellow Republicans in the mid-1990s. Cavalier spends her days dashing off countless