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...Instead, Roussel-UCLAF, the patent holder of the 20-year-old pill, granted sole American distribution rights to the Population Council, a nonprofit organization specializing in reproductive issues, with the understanding that the group would conduct clinical trials and find a manufacturer for the drug. After six years of research and more than a few last-minute panic attacks from would-be manufacturing companies, the moment of reckoning has arrived: The Population Council has concluded a hugely successful drug trial in which 92 percent of the participants achieved a "favorable" outcome and a marketing group, Banco Laboratories, and manufacturer...
...divorced households. "Some studies have directly compared children who were raised by mothers who are continuously single with mothers who went through a divorce," says Amato. "In general, the outcomes for children seem to be pretty similar. It appears to increase the risk for some types of problems: in conduct, in school, in social relations. Neither one appears to be optimal for children...
...Golden Age (Doubleday; 467 pages; $27.50) warns Sanford, and that comment is, of course, intended ironically as well. But the novel completes a very American literary project that, for all its various humors, Vidal takes seriously indeed: a fictional history of the U.S. as portrayed through the conduct, mostly bad, of its elected leaders. This best-selling saga started with Washington, D.C. and continued with Burr (1973), 1876 (1976), Lincoln (1984), Empire (1987) and Hollywood (1990). The Golden Age wraps up the long story and includes a flash-forward to earlier this year, when Peter Sanford, overweight and 77, visits...
...that federal investigators may have "focused too soon" on Lee. The paper's editorial page has also redirected its barbs, prodding the President to appoint an independent examiner. Last week the Times maintained that "if racial profiling is found, investigators and prosecutors should be called to account for their conduct...
...conduct, the Times says it has faithfully reported on all angles of the case. But after White House spokesman Joe Lockhart railed against the climate of "near hysterical investigative reporting" late last week, the Times released a statement by managing editor Bill Keller that it is "looking back at the full run of our coverage to see how it stands up in light of the latest developments and whether there are lessons to be learned." The paper quoted Keller's statement in a front-page story last Saturday. Presumably the review will look at whether the paper should have relied...