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...Jarvik is recognized for his work in developing the artificial heart, and to a patient, his stature in the field undeniably lends credibility to every statement he makes about Lipitor. It's certainly a big part of the reason that Pfizer signed him to a two-year, $1.35 million contract...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Problem with Jarvik's Prescription | 2/26/2008 | See Source »

...Matthew K. Clair ’09, co-director of this year’s first Cultural Rhythms show. At age 11, Hancock embarked upon his musical career in a performance with the Chicago Symphony, and he has been a towering figure in jazz ever since. He received a contract from Blue Note records in 1961, creating such albums as “Maiden Voyage” and “Speak Like a Child” that heavily influenced modern piano composition and improvisation. Trumpeter Miles Davis recruited him as a sideman in 1963, and Hancock became a core...

Author: By Brittany M Llewellyn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hancock To Appear at Cultural Rhythms Event | 2/26/2008 | See Source »

Which Democrat's platform most resembles your own? They're very similar on the major issues... In a strange way McCain is actually tougher on military contracting fraud. Do you remember how he almost singlehandedly took on that Boeing $19 billion tanker contract boondoggle? The Democrat candidates aren't talking about military contractor fraud and their records are ones of looking the other way in the Senate. But Obama and Clinton, the reason why they're scrapping on personality issues, 'You used this word, you used that word,' is because they're so similar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nader Spoils for a Fight | 2/26/2008 | See Source »

...Christian family," Cardinal Augustín García-Gasco lambasted Socialist initiatives, saying, "The culture of radical laicism... leads to nothing but despair along the road of abortion and 'express divorce.'" Benigno Blanco, president of the Spanish Forum for the Family, agrees. "The reform has transformed the marriage contract into trash," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Spain Became Splitsville | 2/26/2008 | See Source »

...wake of its mammoth contract in Dubai, scrutiny of HMI intensified, and central administrators called for an external review of the organization...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks and Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: With House Divided, HMI Spun Off | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

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