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When rheumatoid arthritis was given its name in the 19th century, those who suffered from it--including Impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir--had little to look forward to beyond life in a wheelchair. Even in the 1950s, says Cohen, there were still few treatments available. It was treated with aspirin and cortisone, a powerful anti-inflammatory with severe side effects (at lower doses it is still used). Injections of gold salts also provided some relief, although no one really knew...
Police arrested 25-year-old Brian M. Lawrence, a Ph.D. student in chemistry, after his wife called the police during a domestic dispute, according to Kirkland House Master Tom Conley...
Though he earned his place in history as a ruthless emperor and military genius, Napoleon Bonaparte was also a peerless megalomaniac. In the final years of his forced exile on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena, the fallen master predicted that his hated internment by Britain would only enhance his myth. "If it hadn't been for the crucifixion," Napoleon reasoned, "Jesus would not have become a god." It was a truly Napoleonic comparison, but contained a kernel of truth: the Napoleonic legend is enjoying something of a resurrection these days in France...
During the final months at Officer Cadet School, cadets break off into specific schools. Myat San joined the ranks of the Infantry, which he affectionately deems “the queen of the battlefield.” There he learned a broad range of tactics—mastering the art of swimming in full combat gear, maneuvering assault boats, fighting in built-up areas, assaulting forts and operating helicopters. In order to master long-range navigation, the infantry cadets journeyed to the mountains of Taiwan. (The island of Singapore is only 15 miles long, a quarter of which...
...earned an undergraduate degree in physics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., a master's in engineering at UCLA and an M.B.A. at Harvard. He learned his current craft at such places as Lotus Development Corp., Dun & Bradstreet and Spencer Trask Software Group, a technology-focused venture-capital firm in New York City. Spencer Trask CEO Kevin Kimberlin remembers Kim as the rare executive who knows software and electronics and is also skilled in finance and marketing--and in closing tough deals...