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...conduct vaccine research. Because it is home to huge numbers of people who are HIV negative but at high risk of developing AIDS, Ho will be able to inoculate some of them with his vaccine and find out whether they can generate an immune response robust enough to protect them in case of a future exposure...
...tens of thousands of Greek households, suffering in temperatures above 40C, switched on their air conditioners, overloading substations in the northern part of Greece, where most of the country's power is generated. Within seconds the system came crashing down, as one substation after another automatically cut off to protect itself from damage. And so at 12:39 p.m., the electricity sputtered off in Athens. Thousands of people, including Transport Minister Michalis Liapis, were stranded in the city's glittering new metro; hundreds more were stuck in elevators for up to four hours. The blackout soon spread to the country...
That obstructionism was on amazing display at the recent NATO summit in Istanbul. The supremely courageous President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, flies there to beg for our troops to protect his country in the run-up to September elections. Two female election workers had already been murdered and some 16 men had been shot to death by insurgents for registering to vote...
Hughes isn't a masochist--that is his homegrown quality-control system. In 1990 he helped pioneer in the U.S. the development of garments that protect skin from the sun, and his company, Sun Precautions, is now one of the world's leading manufacturers of sun-protective clothing. Hughes goes under the sun lamps because he feels a sense of duty toward his customers. "It's important from an ethical consideration. I don't want anybody to buy a product that doesn't work," he says. "I believe management should be on the front lines and not in some back...
From personal experience, Hughes figured there was a niche market. Neither sunscreen nor layers of clothing were enough to protect his sensitive skin when he was just walking down the street or skiing on the slopes. He set out to find a solution. Hughes left his position as a principal in the Northern Group, a boutique Seattle firm, and plowed nearly all his personal savings--several million dollars--into coming up with a better alternative. For two years he traveled, meeting with experts in the fields of skin cancer, dermatology and textiles in the U.S., Canada and Australia. Finally...