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...office did anything wrong. Other countries have thrown out Viagra patents for various reasons, and intellectual-property lawyers say that until more details come to light it's impossible to tell whether SIPO had legitimate cause or succumbed to pressure from local drug makers, as critics such as Powers contend. Pfizer says the patent will stay in effect while it appeals, but Chinese companies are already clamoring to make their own versions of the drug. Says Lu Xinyu, marketing manager of Guangzhou drug company Beautiful Pearl Group, "I can't imagine how vicious the competition will...
...representative of the moderate Catalan nationalist CiU party. "A police version and a political version. The police had discounted ETA by Friday morning, while the government - though it opened a second line of investigation into an Islamic attack - continued to blame ETA." Whom will Spaniards believe? The Socialists (PSOE) contend that voters answered that question on March 14, when they turned out Aznar's government and voted in new Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. But the PP alleges that the Socialists illegally encouraged supposedly spontaneous antigovernment rallies on March 13, which fell within the 24-hour...
...stupid." Perhaps his bigger problem was faltering support for the E.U. in the capitals of Europe. "It was a lot easier being Commission President when you had Mitterrand, Kohl and Andreotti pushing the Union from the capitals," sighs a top Prodi confidante. Delors disagrees; after all, he had to contend with the doyenne of Euro-skeptics, Margaret Thatcher. He thinks his achievements had more to do with his approach than with the historical context. "The Commission should be of service to the governments and not try to be their equal," Delors says. "If [national leaders] don't question your loyalty...
...administrators contend that it is difficult to pinpoint any one component as responsible for the fluctuations in the number of honors granted...
...made a carefree career out of chasing winds or waves around the globe - and think, What a glorious scam. Perhaps that's why windsurfer Barbara Kendall is always smiling. As Auckland slips into winter, Kendall, fresh from the acupuncturist, shows off laugh lines and a healthy glow while others contend with wind burn and the commute to work...