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...Connaught Laboratories; Fluvirin, from Novartis and Evans; FluMist , from MedImmune; and Fluarix, also from GlaxoSmith Kline). Like them, it is made by incubating strains of the influenza virus in chicken eggs. What it does contribute, however, are more doses of vaccine - a fact that federal health officials are especially keen on stressing, imm, since an unexpected shutdown of a major vaccine manufacturer in 2004 left the U.S. with a shortage of shots. "We are thrilled with the approval because it means more manufacturers and more products are on the market, which means we have more vaccine to protect the community...
Royal's own party has been keen to remind her that it isn't yet her race to lead. Socialist Party members won't choose their standard-bearer until November. Although Royal's momentum is growing, she is bound to face some nasty challenges from within the party before then. Royal is by far the most popular of the left's possible candidates and perhaps the only one who can beat Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, the likely presidential candidate of the conservative Union for a Popular Movement. Royal has avoided squabbling with party rivals--an indication, her campaign advisers...
DIED. Henri Jayer, 84, retired vintner whose crisply balanced, intensely flavorful Pinot Noirs influenced and inspired connoisseurs, who pronounced him the best ever Burgundy maker; in Dijon, France. Blessed with a keen viticultural instinct and reluctant to intervene too heavily for fear of hiding a grape's flavor, the unpretentious Jayer never cultivated more than 17 acres at a time. Of critics' impassioned, intellectual analyses of his bottles, he said, "That's all fine and good. But do you like...
...books, films, language, biking, kayaking, soduku, and the chance of grandchildren are a few of the possibilities that await. Only sweethearts like my Paula need apply. Love, Vinnie.” “Seeking magnetic spark, great connection and lively meeting of the minds. Effortlessly stunning PhD with keen intellect, damn good sense of humor, lots of range and depth. Slim, sophisticated, successful and unpretentious. Divorced, Midwestern transplant with light heart and genuine warmth. Enjoys skiing Alta, NY weekends, DVDs and BBQ, Santa Fe, Paris, Kathmandu, coastal Maine, speaking Spanish, fabulous lectures, champagne and oysters. Seeks confident, simpatico...
...Richards, a keen student of the new media age, turned the state treasurer's slot into a statewide platform and built a loyal following among the agency's bureaucracy. She did such a good job at broadening the position's reach that it later became a path to power for other female Texas politcians including U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. In 1988, half way through Richards' second term, she took that confidence and her persona to the Democratic National Convention, wowing everyone with her silver hair and stiletto tongue. Her famous poke at then Vice President George H.W. Bush - "Poor...