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Fred: ... and one of the things that keeps popping up is this about subtext. Plays, novels, songs - they all have a subtext which I take to mean a hidden message or import of some kind. So subtext we know. But what do you call the message or meaning that's right there on the surface, completely open and obvious - they never talk about that. What do you call - what's above the subtext...
...patented AIDS drugs, and making those available for a fraction of the prices charged in the West. One Indian company, for example, has undertaken to supply the cocktail treatment for somewhere between $500 and $800 a year per patient. The authorities in South Africa want the right to import the cheapest possible version of the drugs that can contain their AIDS emergency, but the drug companies want to protect their patents from being undermined by cheaper copies. Both sides claim the backing of World Trade Organization statutes for their positions. Laws governing intellectual property and international trade will...
...fluctuated in size but never really declined. Today even blacks whose parents have the same level of education and income as a comparable sample of whites score about 120 points lower on average. Anti-testers often explain the gap by saying most of the test writers are white and import cultural biases into the SAT. But the College Board says SAT questions are always previewed by a large sample of test takers, and any questions that generate racial disparities are tossed out before they appear on SATs that count. "The SAT is probably the most thoroughly researched test in history...
...thaw between the two Koreas is opening up avenues to trade. Last year Seoul eased restrictions on the import of cultural goods, which ?allowed Baik Soung Ook, president of Deshine.com, to buy the rights to seven animated films produced at Pyongyang's 425 Studio. "Everybody thinks these films must be tainted by ideology," says Baik. "Actually they are very educational." Some are obvious parables of Kim Jong Il's life, but one features an apolitical silver rabbit that Baik hopes to merchandise in South Korea. "My hope is that children in North and South Korea can share the same movies...
...Bove, who on Thursday in a Montpellier court launched his appeal of a three-month prison sentence handed down last September, led the attack on the local McDonald's after the U.S. slapped a 100 percent tariff on the import of the Roquefort cheese made by the accused and his fellow fighting farmers. The U.S. tariff had been sanctioned by the World Trade Organization, as a retaliation for France's ban on hormone-treated American beef...