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...drugs--under-the-counter medicines--that would fall between the prescription and OTC categories. Customers would have to ask a pharmacist for such drugs, like melatonin, and discuss their proper use. That's how it's done in Canada, says Dr. Ray Woolsey, chairman of the pharmacology department at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington. "Right now we have just an on-off switch for drugs--it's either over the counter or prescription," Woolsey says. "But for many drugs it would be better if we had a step in between...
...start in trying to meld North Korea's Stone Age economy with the Internet-savvy South. Then there's the issue the two leaders merely flirted with: the weapons of mass destruction that Pyongyang uses to threaten the rest of the world. Warns Victor Cha, a Korea expert at Georgetown University in Washington: "Handshakes and hugs and delightful small talk are all very nice. But all the tougher issues are still out there...
...next hit could be a home run." True, arguments over who's hogging the rat meat are probably not what Aristotle had in mind when conceiving the Poetics. And producers can contrive conflict, such as Survivor's races and bug-eating contests, not to mention its million-dollar endgame. (Georgetown linguistics professor Deborah Tannen, author of The Argument Culture, says this "shows that the programmers don't think human interaction itself is dramatic.") But Survivor functions as drama, if not art, because we can map its petty squabbles and triumphs on our own lives. Those mismatched 16, working together, then...
...taught at Harvard, Georgetown and Pepperdine. Currently, Hope is the chair of the National Housing Partnership Foundation and president of RiboPharm...
...Despite being the defending champion and No. 1 seed, Harvard was not the favorite. After defeating Georgetown, Navy and Brown, the Crimson faced a strong Columbia team. Down 3-0 and on the brink of elimination, the Crimson rallied to win matches at the lower singles positions. Junior Andrew Styperek capped an amazing Crimson comeback when he pulled off a three-set win at No. 4 singles, and Harvard had the title...