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...ranging freer than any C. diff has before. One 31-yr.-old woman in the study, who was 14 weeks pregnant with twins, died of the disease. An even more chilling paper in the New England Journal surveyed 1,703 patients with C. diff in 12 hospitals in Quebec; 422 of those victims died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stomach Bug Proves Tough to Kill | 12/30/2005 | See Source »

...George F. Baker Trust, a $15 million fund established through the will of his grandfather that gives charitable gifts to medical and educational organizations.In addition to making significant donations to Harvard, Baker also contributed to Columbia University, Dartmouth University, and Georgetown University.In the 1960s, Baker helped found the Quebec Labrador Mission, which took American teenagers to teach at Canadian fishing villages, Aisner said. Baker was also involved with several other institutions, including the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, the New York Zoological Society, and the Woods Hole Sea Education Association on Cape Cod. A trustee of St. Paul?...

Author: By Daniel J. T. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Search for Missing Philanthropist Ends | 12/5/2005 | See Source »

...asking for a rare fifth consecutive mandate. The Liberal brand is also suffering because of the lingering stench of the so-called sponsorship scandal, in which a federal program was misused to funnel tax dollars to Liberal-friendly advertising firms-some of whom redirected cash into Liberal coffers in Quebec...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada's Politicians Launch a Masochistic Campaign | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

...None of this would have much long-term consequence if it were not for the reviving separatist threat in Quebec. The secessionist Parti Quebecois last month elected a young and vibrant leader in Andre Boisclair, who has vowed to call a new referendum on Quebec sovereignty at his first opportunity. That could come within two years if his party can defeat the moribund ruling provincial Liberal party in the next provincial election. An acrimonious federal campaign followed by another weak and divided government in Ottawa will not do much for the federalist hopes in Quebec or even national unity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada's Politicians Launch a Masochistic Campaign | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

...office, he secured 58.6 percent of his party’s vote and is promising to put forward a referendum on Quebec’s sovereignty within the next two years. With his party gaining momentum following the election, Boisclair has his sights set on the Premiership of Quebec. Securing such a position would make the 39-year-old Montreal native the first openly gay official elected to head a state or provincial government in North America (Gov. Jim McGreevey, D-N.J., was outed while in office). The flashy and urbane Boisclair emerged onto Montreal’s political...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: KSG Grad Leads Quebec Party | 11/28/2005 | See Source »

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