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...good day. On June 26, the devoutly religious Philippine President met with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, giving him a copy of a newly signed law banning the death penalty in the Philippines and earning from him a heartwarming "Well done." That sort of endorsement is political platinum in the Philippines, where more than 80% of the population is Catholic. But Arroyo's opponents back home weren't impressed. That same day they filed an impeachment complaint against her, and by week's end had submitted three more. So much for the sublime afterglow of her papal...
...DIED. Rocio Jurado, 61, flamboyant singer whose blend of flamenco, folk and romantic ballads earned her the mantle "Spain's greatest"; in Madrid. Jurado recorded over 30 albums, five of which went platinum, and appeared in several films. Best known for the mesmerizing song Como una Ola (Like a Wave), she was also popular in Latin America and the U.S., where she performed at the White House for then President Ronald Reagan...
...Montreal, he often listens to classical music. (He has played violin since he was 4.) He looks good on the cover of men's magazines, even with his trademark scruffy hair and beard. And the Juno-winning singer-songwriter, whose last album, We Were Born in a Flame, went platinum in Canada, talks intelligently about his music's purpose. He tries to capture "human ideas and human failings," he says--and casually uses words like "destitute" when talking about his themes. "I love albums," he says, because he feels they represent a "complete thought...
...Harvard--socially and otherwise. She’s part of the Isis Club and a member of Women in Business, for instance, and on top of her schoolwork and her writing, she’s one of three Harvard kids working for the national student investment firm Global Platinum Securities (according to a colleague who recruited her, she recommends stocks to the company’s investment committee, and she intends to pursue finance—not writing—as a career after graduation...
...development of a new generation of gold-based drugs with fewer harmful side effects. The study, conducted by HMS researchers Stephen De Wall and Brian DeDecker and published in the Feb. 27 issue of the journal Nature Chemical Biology, reported that “special forms of gold, platinum, and other classes of medicinal metals work by stripping bacteria and virus particles from the grasp of a key immune system protein,” according to a press release. Gold-based drugs have been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. De Wall and DeDecker?...