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Feudal lords ruled over western Europe, taking their share of the harvests of primitive agriculture and making the forests their private hunting grounds. Poaching was not simply theft (usually punishable by imprisonment) but a sin against the social order. Without the indulgence of the nobility, the peasants could not even...
NOT SINCE THE DAYS OF THE RED BARON HAVE THE transatlantic skies seen such a dogfight. The global consolidation of the airline industry is moving into a cross-border phase, led by the desire of American carriers to secure overseas markets and foreign airlines to buy stakes in some of...
In their study, published in Archives of General Psychiatry, one group of patients was treated by scientists with the drug Prozac while those in the second group met regularly with a therapist who worked on helping them acquire control over their senseless fears and urges through deconditioning exercises. In 10...
One reason bacteria acquire resistance to several antibiotics is that many drugs are derivative of one another. For example, when bacteria developed an enzyme to chew up penicillin, drug designers retaliated with larger antibiotic molecules that did not fit into the site that serves as that enzyme's "mouth." In...
In a deal that allows him to save some face and salvage what's left of his investment, Icahn agreed last week to step down and turn over the controls of TWA to the company's union-led employees in return for major concessions that are designed to keep the...