Word: crystal
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...King of Prussia, Pa., pulverizes existing drugs to a size that maximizes the body's ability to absorb them. Naproxen sodium, a pain medication found in products such as Aleve, can take as long as two hours to exert its pain-relieving effect. Nano Systems has developed a crystal version of naproxen, still in clinical development, that works in 15 to 20 minutes. "Using NanoCrystals has not made naproxen a better drug"--just seven to eight times as fast as the commercial product, says Larry Sternson, president of drug delivery at Elan, the Dublin-based drugmaker that is the parent...
...Tanaka's outrageous personal style?his stuffed animal collection, his bright ties, his see-through "crystal office"?grabs headlines, yet he is only one of a group of influential governors challenging the center. Best known is Shintaro Ishihara, governor of Tokyo, notorious for his blunt speech and strident nationalism. Just last week, Ishihara sparked a furor about Japan's hapless banking system by threatening to pull the city's deposits from troubled Mizuho Holdings...
...consider him a man of great honor and dignity,” Yasin wrote. “Throughout the whole speech controversy, he made it crystal clear that no matter what, I would be able to deliver my speech, as I wrote it, with the title of my choice...
...amount actress Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly paid for a handmade, crystal-encrusted cell phone...
Bush's Latin America team argues that this is why it refuses to bail out unreformed kleptocracies like Argentina. Buenos Aires, said O'Neill, still lacks a "crystal-clear idea of the rule...