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Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School Michael E. Porter also spoke at the event, entitled “The Global Summit on the Future of Armenia.” The Foreign Minister of Armenia, Vartan Oskanian, was scheduled to speak, but did not attend after contracting pneumonia, according to Belfer Center Communications Officer Sharon R. Wilke...
Ronan told the story of Aqbal, a child who was found floating on a board in the middle of the ocean by fishermen two days after the tsunami. He had swallowed mud, was suffering from pneumonia, and had lost both parents...
DIED. PETER BENENSON, 83, British lawyer and pioneering human-rights crusader who founded Amnesty International; of pneumonia; in Oxford, England. As a teenager he raised money to help children orphaned by the Spanish Civil War. In 1961 he launched Amnesty International to help those he called "prisoners of conscience," after reading about two Portuguese students jailed for toasting liberty. He early on resigned his leadership of the London-based group--now with nearly 2 million members worldwide--but remained a passionate activist...
Ellie McGrath, Williams' former editor and mentor, founded a publishing house and secured a printer on the writer's behalf. Meanwhile, Williams worked during weeks in intensive care, editing from her hospital bed. When Williams contracted pneumonia in May 2004, McGrath figured someone else would have to finalize the edits. "But as aggressive as her tumor was, Stephanie was just as aggressive," says McGrath. "When I handed her the galleys, she pulled off her oxygen mask and pointed out an error in the typeface." In June, Williams finally held copies of her novel, Enter Sandman, printed months ahead of schedule...