Word: expectancies
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...violence and funny without being overly crude; it even has some touching moments. Those with encyclopedic knowledge of all things Trekkian may sputter over tinkering with the mythology, but it's all justified - not particularly tidily, but handily under the kind of time-traveling clause you might expect from the guy who created Lost. (See TIME's 1994 cover on Star Trek...
...bullied on Vulcan for having a human mother (Winona Ryder, seemingly still in character and costume from a Grey Gardens audition) and chose to take refuge in the Starfleet Academy. Then comes Uhura (Zoe Saldana), who rejects Kirk's leering come-on with just the crisp efficiency you'd expect...
...lead author of the new study, cautions against interpreting the results as an indictment against greedy drug companies eager to exclude difficult patients in order to show better results. "If the population in a [clinical] trial were more representative, that would come at a cost," he says. Researchers expect a certain number of bad reactions during clinical trials; some of these reactions can cause serious medical problems. If patients enter a trial with multiple complications - if they are, say, not only depressed, but also cocaine-addicted, hypertensive and diabetic - you dramatically increase the chances of adverse side effects. "That...
...people has hit rock bottom; political allies and rivals alike smell blood in the water; the country's military barely pretends to follow his instructions; the Taliban controls large swaths of his country's territory; and militant groups want his head - literally. So, can Pakistan's President expect some TLC in Washington? From the White House, perhaps, but Capitol Hill has little love left for Zardari...
...They could be waiting a long time. Initial Nano production is taking place at a retooled truck plant in Pantnagar in northern India. Tata does not expect to open its dedicated Nano factor - a facility that will be able to churn out 250,000 cars a year that is now under construction in Gujarat on India's west coast - until next year. "Tata Motors will take at least two to three years to get to full capacity," says Darius Lam, associate editor for AutoCar Professional. "Ramping up is a slow process...