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...medicine could kill you. He also had a legitimate issue: South Africa had given out anti-TB medicine without a proper protocol and they wound up spawning some more virulent, drug-resistant strains." But by the time Clinton was in Johannesburg in July for Nelson Mandela's 85th birthday, Mbeki had come around. "He said, 'You'll promise me these drugs will be administered with the same high quality that the [National Institutes of Health] would use in America?' I said, 'I give you my word.' He said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winning Over Africa On AIDS | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

When did you know he was going to agree? I went [to Johannesburg] for President Mandela's 85th birthday party [last July]. Mbeki said to me, "Now, if I do this, you'll promise me that these drugs will be administered with the same high quality that the [National Institutes of Health] would use in America?" I said, "I give you my word." He said, "O.K., I'll do it." I give him all the credit. He was always trying to get back there . . . Now we're just waiting for the South African government to approve their final plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "I knew it needed to be done" | 10/26/2003 | See Source »

Already considered a top-tier prospect, Crockett saw his draft status soar even higher. Baseball America ranked him as the 85th best prospect in the country. ESPN.com had him pegged...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sox' Loss is Harvard's Gain: Ace Crockett Returns | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

Crockett was taken in the tenth round with the 304th overall pick, a bit of surprise given most pre-draft projections. In its most recent issue, Crockett was ranked by Baseball America as the 85th best prospect in the country. In addition, ESPN.com pegged him as high as the 53rd overall pick just last Saturday...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Red Sox Draft Crimson Ace Ben Crockett | 6/6/2001 | See Source »

...Last November, in an event marking his 85th birthday, Pinochet made a widely reported speech in which he accepted political responsibility for the excesses committed by the armed forces during his 17-year reign. And yet in his answers to Judge Guzman, Pinochet was not exactly heroic. In fact, it looks an awful lot like the man who'd headed the junta was trying to shift responsibility back down the chain of command, to the officers in charge of those garrisons visited by the "Caravan of Death." And, of course, the military is having none of it. They've always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pinochet's Lame Excuse: The Underlings Did It | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

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