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...ripple effect of the U.S. anthrax experience spread to Doha, Qatar, where the WTO agreed to a more flexible formula for providing discounted drugs to developing nations dealing with major disease outbreaks. Big drugmakers are still playing hardball, though. Adamant about safeguarding the patent profits that fund drug development, the companies work hard at extending the life of their patents to keep them out of the hands of generic drug makers...
...formula of Red Bull, some taste-bud-deficient late-night paper writers’ best friend, was first invented in 1987 by an Austrian company whose managing partner was inspired by drinks he saw in Asia. But energy drinks have multi-national appeal, from Brazil’s Black Booster to the Czech Republic’s Erectus, and the craze has now been picked up by mainstream American drink companies. The skinny aluminum cans just keep on coming...
Taurine: an amino acid found in nerve tissue, bile and the juices of muscle, especially in invertebrates. The taurine in drinks is synthetic and aids in the production of neurotransmitters. (All drinks and baby formula...
...houses were stocked with antitank mines and machine guns. Students' notebooks were filled with descriptions of explosives and demolition techniques--including those for underwater attacks. One printout inserted into a notebook gave precise instructions for making a mini-mine "using common plastic soap dishes." More alarming documents, including a formula for ricin (a poisonous biological agent derived from castor seeds) and diagrams of nuclear bombs, were found by a Times of London reporter. But at least one item was a phony: a nuclear-bomb recipe taken from a parody website. Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge insisted last week that...
...don’t think we should have a rigid formula,” Grindlay said. “If everyone in a particular class, whether it be six or 60, is doing superb work, then it should be duly noted...