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...Monday, the Presidents of two African countries, Thomas Boni Yayi of Benin and Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso, will be among a cluster of international dignitaries and industry experts who will make an international call for action against counterfeit drugs in Cotonou, Benin. The initiative is the brainchild of Jacques Chirac, the former French President, who wants to make the Cotonou declaration the first step of a worldwide campaign aimed at raising awareness of the problem and persuading governments to impose tougher penalties and improve routine testing of medications. The larger goal is to establish an international convention...
...campus seem to be continually shrinking. Living in every River neighborhood was something I would repeat again without a doubt, if only for the sake of experience. Abbott Lawrence Lowell is probably spinning in his grave (I think I’ve violated every ideal of his House system brainchild), but I make no apologies. Look out Quad, you might be next. —James A. McFadden ’10, a Crimson editorial writer, is a government concentrator in Mather House Lowell House Kirkland House...
This “spontaneous moment of joy” was the brainchild of American Repertory Theater’s new Artistic Director Diane M. Paulus ’87 and A.R.T. Artistic Fellow Allegra Libonati, but was executed with the help of dozens of unknowing participants strolling through Harvard Yard yesterday afternoon...
...initiative is the brainchild of Philippe Douste-Blazy, a former French Foreign Ninister who is now a U.N. Under Secretary charged with finding innovative ways to finance projects. He runs an agency called UNITAID that is attached to the World Health Organization and already channels funds to fight disease in poor countries. UNITAID was founded in 2006. Its $400 million annual budget is funded by Britain, France, Norway, Brazil and Chile. Douste-Blazy is now trying to turbo-charge those efforts by bringing in private donations. He's set up a foundation linked to UNITAID that will collect the voluntary...
...brainchild of Matthew M. Di Pasquale '08 appears to be attempting a comeback. An email from Di Pasquale has begun making the rounds of several email lists, advertising the opportunity to earn up to $1000 for posing nude in Diamond Magazine...