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Differences in life expectancies among dissimilar groups of American citizens are drastic, says a study released Monday by Harvard researchers Christopher J. L. Murray ’83, Sandeep C. Kulkarni ’04, and Majid Ezzati. Asian-American women from Bergen County, N.J., have the highest national life expectancy—91 years—while Native Americans from South Dakota can expect to live only 58 years. Just two years after Democratic vice-presidential candidate John Edwards spoke of “two Americas”—haves and have-nots—the study...
Chanel's U.S. president, Maureen Chiquet, admits that banking on a celebrity for celebrity's sake can be a risky venture. Although the brand has had contractual relationships with stars since the '50s (Suzy Parker, Catherine Deneuve, Ali McGraw, Candice Bergen and Carole Bouquet), its Nicole Kidman--Baz Luhrmann No. 5 ad surpasses any single-ad commitment to date. Kidman's reported $4 million-to-$5 million contract was meager compared with the total budget, which some estimates put at more than $40 million...
...guidelines to ensure that human embryonic stem cell research is conducted in a safe and ethical way. "The fact that ISSCR now has a draft means that the international research community now has a common language," says Jan Helge Solbakk, a task force member from the University of Bergen in Norway. "When we have a common language, we can start to discuss what is the right way proceed, and what is the wrong way to proceed, and how we should we resolve conflicts...
...legitimate industry. Armed with just good wishes and some telegrams from family and friends, we spent a few days in the luxury of the Beverly Wilshire, not really minding that we were neglected by our own country. When it came time for our award, Jacqueline Bisset and Candice Bergen tripped and stuttered through the foreign names. As Jackie and Candy announced the winner in another miasma of mispronunciation, Sooni leaned across and said, "India is still...
...Beverly Wilshire, being taken to lunch by Billy Wilder, joking with Pedro Almodóvar and his transgendered entourage, gate-crashing Spanish and Danish parties, not really minding that we were neglected by our own country. When it came time for our award, Jacqueline Bisset and Candice Bergen tripped and stuttered through the foreign names. As Jackie and Candy announced the winner in another miasma of mispronunciation, Sooni leaned across and said, "India is still...