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...will recognized the story's reverberations of familiar mythic characters: Frankenstein, Pinocchio and Jesus. Plus the old Philip K. Dick premise of a man who doesn't know he's a cyborg, that Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg borrowed for A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, and which showed up this year in Moon and Surrogates. Plus the literal underclass and upper-class strata of WALL•E. And not to forget the bereft father, twisted by family tragedy, from last week's Law Abiding Citizen. "If you lose your son like this," a fellow scientist tells Dr. Tenma...
Such “evidenced-based” training has been a boon for medical care in a technical sense. But Samuels and colleagues like Medical School associate professor Katharine K. Treadway, who teaches a class at the Medical School called “Introduction to the Profession,” say they worry that the physician’s traditional focus on doctor-patient relationships has been lost amid the shuffle...
...Allison K. Ross, a student in the Arts in Education Program at the GSE, said Ma’s innovative vision of music and education attracted her to the talks...
Lampoon President, Matthew K. Grzecki ’10, gave some insight into the extent of the Lampoon’s preparations. “Over the summer, John [B. Owen ’10] and I, we’d basically wake up every morning and go to Widener Library and go to the stacks and read about vampires,” he says. Beyond merely hitting the books, they also engaged in some practical research. A few members of the Lampoon made a trip to Forks in Washington and went on a tour...
...Indeed, the biologics lobby has become one of K Street's most powerful players. Working largely through BIO and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), it has funded an extensive network that includes not only lobbyists but also think-tank experts and advocacy groups. "You can't get on the phone with someone who isn't getting paid," says an economist who has studied the biologics issue with funding from a drug company. "They give money to everyone and anyone...