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...Presidents have each earned hefty fees for speeches, memoirs or corporate advice--despite criticism that cashing in on their service sullies the office. In 1989, Ronald Reagan raked in a whopping $2 million (plus $5 million for his entourage and expenses) for a pair of 20-minute talks in Japan. Bill Clinton has amassed tens of millions on the podium--a fact that briefly imperiled his wife's nomination to be Secretary of State. Senior staffers like Henry Kissinger and presidential also-rans Al Gore and Rudy Giuliani have also parlayed political power into riches. Bob Dole, in lesser demand...
...resistant to the drug; this season, 98% of them are. Interestingly, the mutation does not appear to be driven by overuse of the drug. In fact, rates of oseltamivir resistance are higher in nations like Norway where there is little use of the drug, and lowest in countries like Japan where the antiviral is prescribed heavily...
...parody of Cole Porter's "Can-Can," which she debuted at the tournament: "If a lad called Jennings, Ken, can ... If John Glenn, in his den, now and then can ... Can Obama? Yes, he KenKen!" Afterward, the president of Nextoy, which owns the puzzle's rights outside Japan, approached her about posting the song on his company's website, but she was too distracted by a nearby conversation, gasping, "Did Will just say my name...
...York City Ballet (NYCB) several weeks ago, an experience she calls the “highlight” of her year. She recently sat down with The Harvard Crimson to tell us more about her career as a ballerina. The Harvard Crimson (THC): Tell me about your transition from Japan to New York, before Boston.Misa Kuranaga (MK): It was a little bit of a shock. It was definitely different. My training in Japan was very classical. Of course I knew [Balanchine’s, a famous choreographer’s] work, like Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Theme and Variations...