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...medicine is a huge problem in Nigeria. Before Akunyili took over her post in 2001, a staggering 80% of the medications sold there were deficient in one way or another. Some contained less of the active ingredient than was specified on the label. Others were past their expiration date. Some were filled with inert lactose or powdered chalk. Still others were poison. In 1990 more than 100 Nigerian children died from a painkiller that had been made with toxic ethylene glycol instead of propylene glycol. In 2003 phony adrenaline led to the deaths of three children undergoing surgery...
...decipher the typical Cognac label, join the club. It will help to know, however, that VS is the youngest category, which most connoisseurs skip (or relegate to the punch bowl). V.S.O.P., or Réserve, Cognacs contain spirits at least 41/2 years old. While this can be a pleasant category, for gifting you will want to upgrade to Napoléon, Impérial, Hors d'âge, Vieille Réserve, Vernerable or X.O. These are all terms used for older Cognacs in which the youngest spirits are at least 61/2 years...
...industry, they have always served as vessels for communicating the music and (more importantly) the image of artists, available free of charge to the masses on television or via free viewing sites like Yahoo! Music. Things started to change in 2003 with the release of the first three Directors Label DVDs, each a collection of videos from some of the best directors in the business. Last week, iTunes took music video retail to the next level, charging $1.99 for a single video which can then be downloaded onto one’s $300+ video iPod. Whether this will ultimately result...
Many students rightfully came to Harvard to be surrounded by exceptional people. It is sad that students are so quick to label fellow academics with 1600s on their SATs as “exceptional†but not give athletes a chance to earn that title. Harvard is not an institution that focuses exclusively on academics; Harvard breeds an inordinate share of scholars and Nobel laureates, but it also promotes journalism, musicianship, politics, as well as athletics. The College admissions office should stick with the status quo and not alienate athletes as Lowell tried to alienate Jews back in 1920s...
...inevitable genre of gay fiction.†Yet elegy celebrates life while marking death, and in “The Line of Beauty,†life abounds, enthralls, and intoxicates.And besides, “The Line of Beauty†deserves more than the niche-market label of “gay fiction.†Sadly, Hollinghurst’s novels to date remain largely unknown to American readers because of glib classifications that put his works such as “The Swimming-Pool Library†and “The Folding Star?...