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...developing world. The deadline for an agreement has passed, and passed again. But still the U.S. shows no signs of backing down from its lone veto of a plan agreed on by 143 other countries that would allow the poorest - without manufacturing capabilities of their own - to import generic drugs that are still patented in wealthy nations. "It goes right to the heart of whether the WTO can work or not," says Nathan Ford of Doctors Without Borders, a group pushing hard to loosen restrictions on generics. So far, it isn't working. The U.S. pharmaceutical industry, with American sales...
Broadbent will likely face off against the top-ranked college player in the country: sophomore Bernardo Samper, an import from Columbia. Broadbent would undoubtedly have his work...
...dean, I might have said to him, ‘John, for God’s sake, take a look at what you’re doing, you’re making a fool of yourself, and if you believe that you’re onto something of fantastic import... get some help from your colleagues,’” Relman said...
...CHARGES Iraq tried to import aluminum tubes, magnets and high-speed balancing machines, key components of uranium-enrichment centrifuges...
...really is that old, that it has not been reworked by geological processes--and this is likely to take some doing. But if that effort proves successful, scientists will have wrested from Antarctica's frozen fortress yet another fiercely guarded secret--in this case, an ancient secret of urgent import to the 21st century...