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...from television, recasting themselves as extras in F.I.S.T., was an irresistible national story. Johnny Carson made jokes about it on The Tonight Show. Some of the more established comics were scornful ("This strike is the biggest joke I've ever heard come out of the Comedy Store," quipped David Brenner). But among the younger comedians it was a serious matter, and the vast majority of the 150 or so who worked at the Comedy Store walked off the job. Some of them had careers outside the club and didn't need the money, but supported the strike nevertheless...
...important for all of us to not go out too fast. It helps keep us on pace; it keeps us relaxed.” Freshman Mark Hirschboeck finished 86th in 27:27, leading the Harvard squad. Kenney was 99th in 27:41, and freshmen Dan Emont and Alex Brenner finished 103rd and 105th, respectively. Another pair of freshmen, Thomas Hutchinson and Robert Schaaf, finished 114th and 141st, respectively, rounding out the Crimson runners. The race was also important for gaining experience on the course, where Harvard will compete again on Oct. 26 in the Heptagonals Championships. The race has left...
...critics of pink-ribbon funding say that even though a lot of money is raised, it isn't necessarily being spent in a thoughtful, coordinated manner. "There's a lot of duplication on how we fund research, and there are huge gaps as well," explains BCA executive director Barbara Brenner, who would like to see more research on the environmental causes of breast cancer...
Singapore, meanwhile, with its Biopolis project, is pulling in top biomedical scientists--not just Edison Liu but Americans like geneticist Sydney Brenner and, most recently, husband-and-wife cancer researchers Neal Copeland and Nancy Jenkins, who are leaving the National Cancer Institute after two decades. They turned down competing offers from Stanford and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center because, Copeland says, "what's going on over there is amazing. There's plenty of funding and a lot less bureaucracy." Moreover, says Liu, "In the U.S. the state government says, Let's do one thing, while the Federal Government...
...young Germans cannot find work. Nobody in Germany invited the current economic disaster, but it's happening. Wowereit and his party's cronies typify "old Europe." The Americans are right. Europe is like an old man: totally lacking the strength to tackle the challenges of the new millennium. Albert Brenner Bad Voeslau, Austria London's mayor Ken Livingstone solves problems with brio in the energetic spirit of New York City's legendary Fiorello La Guardia. Livingstone deals with the problems of cars, buses and the underground with pragmatism and technocratic efficiency, using American-style executive authority. Londoners have warmed...