Word: directors
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June Erlick, the publications director at DRCLAS, said she became profoundly aware of the restrictions on the press in Colombia when her published interviews of author and journalist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, caused him to seek asylum in Mexico because of death threats...
...newly designed Web site (www.philipmorris.com) and is the second in a series of attempts by tobacco companies to give salience to health-related issues. Last year, the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company similarly redesigned its Web site to include a section on smoking and health hazards, and Tommy Payne, director of R.J. Reynolds, announced two weeks ago that his company planned to follow suit. Previously, Philip Morris had only gone so far as to claim that smoking may be a "causal factor" in certain diseases, and many commentators now say that the company has taken a radical step simply...
...upstart's full-scale service. This approach, which costs $300 to $5,000, is expected to become almost as common as braces. But it's a development many in education view as hysterical and unnecessary. "Getting into college is not rocket science," says Jon Reider, an associate admissions director at Stanford. "This is crazy...
...haven Cayman Islands. The job cuts were spread across the South, especially Kentucky, where earlier in this decade Fruit was one of the largest employers. "They are trying to win in Washington what they've been unable to achieve in the marketplace," says Charles Lewis, executive director of the Center for Public Integrity, a watchdog group. "They're now trying to secure advantages from Congress at a time when they're in dire financial straits...
...victims. Post-rape antiretroviral drugs are, however, still not available in government hospitals. (So far, Smith is HIV-negative, but she will continue tests for at least a year.) "Now old taboos are going, and people are coming forward with family support to report rape," says Dr. Adrienne Wulfsohn, director of the Albertina Sisulu Rape Crisis Center near Johannesburg. But, she adds, "we need to fundamentally change the justice system...