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...circumstances. "If Roche plays hardball," says Redpath, "governments could just say, 'we're going to overturn the patent. This is a national emergency.'" Such moves would not be unprecedented. After anthrax mailings following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks stoked biosecurity concerns, the Canadian and the U.S. government told the German drug firm Bayer that if it did not ramp up production and sell its anti-infective Cipro at a reasonable cost, they would do so themselves. Bayer wound up cutting its prices by 55% and boosted production...
...waitresses (just as they are already carded to gamble in the first place). Furthermore, the rest of the world does not seem to be following the trend set by the U.S. Many countries abroad have recently lowered the legal gambling age, including France, the Bahamas, and 12 of the German Länder. The U.S. should place a priority on being consistent—both within internally and with the world at large. The gambling age should be set nationally at 18. At 21, it is undermined by one’s ability to buy lottery tickets (in all states...
...explain why the government of Gerhard Schröder was voted out last month after seven years in power. Following weeks of wrangling, the country's major parties agreed last week to form a coalition government headed by Angela Merkel, 51, who stands to become the first female Chancellor in German history. The victory of Merkel and her Christian Democratic Party marks a generational shift in German politics. Young voters who once were worried about social issues say they are far more concerned about reviving Germany's stagnant economy. As a result, German leaders like Schröder and his Foreign Minister...
...Many Germans welcome the change. The 1960s and '70s were a particularly intense time in Germany as young people threw off the social straitjacket of the 1950s and the legacy of Nazism. Fischer, who among other assorted jobs worked as a taxi driver, brought some of that contrarian spirit into German political life, famously clashing with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on the eve of the Iraq war. Schröder was not a radical but shared his cohort's progressive outlook and freewheeling lifestyle. (Schröder and Fischer have eight marriages between them.) "They all wore suits and ties...
...toward sobriety. "The home and the family are very important to us," says Dieter Althaus, governor of the state of Thuringia and a Merkel confidante. Merkel will still need the support of the old left to pass her reforms, but it's a safe bet that the style of German governance will change. "I was one of the last live rock 'n' rollers," Fischer said after last month's vote. Germans are ready for a different song...