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...other patented medicines. Giving in to a groundswell of opposition in a country where an estimated 4.7 million people are HIV positive, the 39 drug companies gave up the three-year patent protection battle. Human rights groups and AIDS activists considered the case a landmark in their efforts to obtain medication for millions in developing countries...
...Woods, perhaps Sondheim’s best-known and loved musical, involves the development of many familiar fairy tale characters as they journey into the woods “to get their wish.” The story centers around a childless Baker and his Wife, who must obtain four items to reverse a curse set upon them by the Witch. Along the way, they meet Cinderella, Jack (as in “and the Beanstalk”), Little Red Riding Hood and a whole host of characters, each bent on obtaining his or her own particular desire. The first...
After a night in Kratie (there are several basic hotels, all less than $10), it's seven hours to Stung Treng. An American visitor in the 1920s described the town as "a savage little poem," and there is little to see. But you must stop to obtain permission to cross the border, either from the immigration office ($1) or the Sekong Hotel ($20, but hassle-free). The last three hours to the border are by outboard-powered dug-out. The going is slow but the pace affords fine views of the delta at its most pristine. The thick jungle harbors...
...administrators walk past freely. Aside from some noise, the action was generally nondisruptive and was designed to avoid, rather than create, confrontation. The same was true of PSLM’s longstanding efforts to engage in dialogue with University administrators, to inform and mobilize alumni for their cause, to obtain endorsements from more than 100 faculty members and government leaders, to hold rallies with hundreds of students and occasional celebrities and to argue vigorously in the campus and national media. Though we believe PSLM’s ad hominem attacks on administrators and Corporation members to be ultimately counterproductive, they...
PSLM is trying to use coercion and force to obtain a living wage. Intentionally unlawful and disruptive behavior was an effective political tool during the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam-War movements, which PSLM seems to see as its heritage. But PSLM has employed the tools developed in these movements without good cause, cheapening their legacy and undermining our generation’s ability to use them if a truly worthy cause develops. Coercion is only justified when authorities have exercised their power in an entirely arbitrary and irrational manner. This is not the case today—though...