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...Trevor S. Cox...
...last of the series, Thomas Professor of Divinity Harvey G. Cox will speak on "Religion, Violence and Reconciliation." Cox teaches courses on urbanization and theological developments in world Christianity at the Divinity School...
...arthritis drug called Arava. Next month the agency will assess a promising blood-filtration device that clears the body of arthritis-promoting substances the same way kidney dialysis cleans the blood of toxins. Within a few months the FDA will also consider a new class of anti-inflammatories called COX-2 inhibitors (a.k.a. "super aspirin") that will attack arthritis pain. Says Steven Abramson, an FDA adviser and chief of rheumatology at New York University's Hospital for Joint Diseases: "This is the most exciting time I've witnessed...
...drug Arava, for example, created by the Kansas City, Mo., firm Hoechst Marion Roussel, stops white cells from reproducing. Enbrel, a genetically engineered medication from Seattle-based Immunex, works by sopping up a tumor-killing cytokine called tumor necrosis factor before it can issue its call for reinforcements. The COX-2 inhibitors target prostaglandin production, limiting pain and inflammation. And the blood-filtration device, invented at Cypress Bioscience of San Diego, strips the blood of proteins that tell white cells (erroneously) what tissues to attack--a treatment so effective in clinical trials that the FDA review-and-approval process...
What makes that 1973 convergence so remarkable is that it was not just a Harmonic Convergence but an Inter-Related Convergence as well. The firing of Cox made impeachment a real possibility, but so did the removal of Agnew, often seen as Nixon's best impeachment insurance. And so did the oil embargo: by delivering a hammerblow to the American economy in the form of higher energy prices, the embargo further undermined Nixon's popularity...