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COMPANY PROFILE The first to use 100% pure plant extracts, Clarins is now also known for its fragrances (Mugler, Azzaro and Clarins) and makeup. It is the No. 1 skin-care company in France and Europe. Courtin-Clarins calls Clarins a ?citizen of the world? company, financing arthritis research in more than 400 laboratories around the world and investing about $2.4 million a year in environmental and educational charities...
...Until the teaching schedule for the team-taught Biological Sciences 51, “Integrative Biology of Organisms,” changed this year, Hanken would talk about rabbits’ digestive systems in lecture. The animals can absorb the nutrients from plant matter only in the small intestine, but food is digested in a part of the gut that’s farther “downstream.” So how do plant nutrients finally get into the rabbit’s bloodstream having already passed through the small intestine undigested...
Government sources say the agency also plans to plant more spies under nonofficial cover (NOC), one of the most dangerous yet potentially productive assignments. NOCs--posing perhaps as students or executives--don't enjoy diplomatic immunity. That means the U.S. would deny any link to the spies and offer them no protection from prosecution or even execution if caught--especially in a country with no diplomatic relations with...
...Downriver from the plant by 350 km lies China's eighth-largest city, Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang. Most of the surrounding province draws its drinking water from wells; in contrast, Harbin's downtown population of 3.5 million gets 90% of its water directly from the Songhua. As the slick approached, Harbin's officials announced on Nov. 21 that they would shut off the city's water for reasons of pipe maintenance. "There was no way the people were going believe that," says Xu Shijian, a 77-year-old retired Communist Party official. Like most residents, Xu stocked...
...environmental disaster that has unfolded over the past two weeks in the northeast Chinese city of Harbin has the makings of a great story: explosion at large petrochemical plant releases toxic pollutants into major river, threatening millions; local officials attempt cover-up; panic ensues; wiser voices prevail; corrective action is taken. Unfortunately, the real story remains largely untold. China's rapid economic development, endemic corruption and highly decentralized political system have produced a life-threatening environmental crisis for hundreds of millions of Chinese...