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AGADEZ, Niger—My great-grandfather Emmott O’Keefe was a doctor. He made house-calls in Northern North Dakota on a dogsled and carried with him a small black leather bag. Inside, Emmott kept various combinations of useless herbal remedies and semi-potent painkillers—not a single drug capable of prolonging someone’s life. His cooing bedside manner was the only weapon against his patients’ ailments.This was a century ago. Today’s hospitals, on the other hand, boast prescription prowess, the hallmark of modern medicine. Hundreds of drugs...
...with a combined budget of up to $500,000 for the two conferences, with a staff of 20 to 30 organizing programs for students, professors and speakers from over 50 countries. Notable past speakers include Nobel laureate and former South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung, former Economist editor Bill Emmott, President of Singapore S. R. Nathan, and former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir bin Mohamad. —Staff writer Joyce Y. Zhang can be reached at jyzhang@fas.harvard.edu...
Several audience members asked Emmott to describe the inner workings of The Economist...
...pressed Emmott for his views on the widely-perceived divergence of opinions between Europe and the U.S, particularly regarding Iraq and terrorism...
...Emmott also spoke briefly on the prospects for British entrance into the European single currency...