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...this so-called JP2 generation has come of age, religious orders have begun to reach out again to young people--and to do so in the language that young people speak. Convents conduct e-mail correspondence with interested women, blogs written by sisters give a peek into the habited life and websites offer online personality questionnaires to test vocations. One site, Vocation-network.org frames the choice much like a dating service, with Christ as the ultimate match. "For a long time, we neglected to invite people to see what we are about," says Sister Doris Gottemoeller of the Institute...
Further, the tremendous sum that it costs to get a drug approved severely constrains the number of drugs companies are willing to develop. If a pharmaceutical company cannot expect to make back their costs—which could reach over $1 billion—in sales from a drug, it will not even go to the trouble of submitting the drug for FDA approval. This limits the options available to those with rare diseases, because the FDA creates a huge disincentive to make drugs that will only help a “niche” market. That explains...
...Program and Harvard’s Financial Aide Initiative, with helping Harvard attract talented black students, who are highly sought after by top universities. “To produce future leaders you need to do what we have been doing and what we will continue to do, which is reach out aggressively to students of all backgrounds,” Fitzsimmons said. This year, the Harvard Admissions Office released black student yield but did not release the number of black applicants, said Robert B. Slater, managing editor of The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (JBHE). Two hundred and twenty...
...hundreds of roaring supporters blocks from the Capitol in Washington D.C. "Democrats are ready to lead!" A hoarse Rep. Rahm Emanuel, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, told the cheering supporters, "We'll give you the government that no longer lets you down." And he pledged to "reach across the partisan divide...
...around the country. Although the details of the final count are still hours, and perhaps days, away, voters resoundingly ushered the Republican majority to the door of the House of Representatives and turned a majority of governors' mansions over to the Democrats. Control of the Senate also looked within reach. Although ballots were still being counted in the contested Virginia race, Republicans were sounding pessimistic that incumbent Senator George Allen could make up the thousands of votes he needed to catch up with Democratic challenger Jim Webb...