Word: particularity
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...particular drug company has been a significant player in Botswana: Merck. The U.S. firm created some of the first ARVs capable of treating HIV and AIDS (Crixivan and Stocrin), but has in the past been criticized for its methods of distributing them. In 2004, MSF singled out Merck for reneging on commitments to release the medicines at a cost of less than $1 per person per day. Merck was hurt by such accusations. (According to the firm's website, its founder, George W. Merck, once said: "We try never to forget that medicine is for the people...
...from getting out of hand. The Fed has failed miserably at each of these tasks once--depression prevention in the early 1930s and inflation prevention in the 1970s. Under Greenspan, it took care of both pretty well. Brad DeLong of the University of California, Berkeley, an economist with no particular loyalty to the former maestro, estimates that of 36 significant interest-rate decisions during Greenspan's 18-year tenure, the chairman got 35 right. (The exception? DeLong thinks the Fed should have cut rates in late...
...common a commitment to make Goldman a player in India's boom. All but two employees are of Indian descent, but they're as likely to have come from New York City, London or Tokyo as Bangalore. Their boss can rely on "a team that knows Goldman's particular systems and culture inside and out," Moniz says. "They only have to get up to speed on the local market...
...people in particular picked up Lenny Bruce's fallen sword in the 1970s and charged on in the battle to make stand-up comedy the voice of a dissenting generation. In an irony both would appreciate, DVD sets of all their HBO concerts will be released on Sept. 25. George Carlin: All My Stuff shows Carlin progress from counterculture provocateur (the seven words you can't say on TV) to curmudgeonly uncle to angry village elder railing about war and golf. Robert Klein: The HBO Specials 1975-2005 rolls out the groundbreaking, brainy, improv-based style that has influenced nearly...
Next up for Harvard is the Crimson Classic, in which the team plays host to a four team round robin tournament at Lavietes Pavillion. Coach Weiss has one game in particular circled: Friday at 7:30 p.m. vs. Dartmouth. It will be the Crimson’s first Ivy League match...