Word: magical
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...arbitrarily constricted group of mostly obscure offerings, the HCCR suggests that undergrads be set loose upon academic departments, where their options will become even more obscure. It seems exceedingly likely that many Core courses will simply be incorporated into academic departments. Thus Quantitative Reasoning 28, “The Magic of Numbers,” will become “Mathematics 01,” and the only thing that will change about admittedly lackluster courses is their name...
...advisory-panel decision holds, a nonprescription version of the diet drug Xenical may soon hit stores. Doctors warn that it's no magic bullet; side effects include oily stools and diarrhea...
...much is the wonderful world of Pixar worth? More than a billion dollars a picture, or $6.3 billion? That's what Disney agreed to spend last week to bring Lasseter, Jobs and the Pixar supporting cast into the Magic Kingdom. "Clearly, it's a lot of money," Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook told TIME, adding that "all the different scenarios had to be presented and analyzed" before the board would sign off. But Disney CEO Robert Iger, who took over from the controversial Michael Eisner in October, was determined to revive Disney animation, which has been starved for hits...
...Davos. The Alps. The crunch of snow. the setting for Thomas Mann's gigantic novel The Magic Mountain and for the World Economic Forum's equally gigantic annual gathering of 2,000-plus business leaders, politicians, academics and other influential types. The hand wringing over the world's economic, social and political problems. The search for creative solutions. The schmoozing. The parties. And, this year, the waft of curry overpowering the heavy Schweizerdeutsch fare. India everywhere, said the signs, and it was. The Finance Minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, and the Commerce and Industry Minister, Kamal Nath, turned up from Delhi...
...limitations?to be effective, it must be administered soon after flu symptoms appear?the World Health Organization questioned the review?s conclusions, and said it won?t change its recommendation that governments keep stocking up on the drug. For now, there?s little choice: while Tamiflu isn?t a magic bullet, says Dr. Jeremy Farrar, a doctor in Vietnam who has treated bird-flu victims, ?it remains the best drug we have...