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...enough, they are eyeing the arrival of HDL-boosting pills: Pfizer's torcetrapib is currently in clinical trials in combination with a statin and could be ready for FDA review in a year or two. "It's a look into the future of heart care," says Dr. Roger Blumenthal, director of Johns Hopkins Hospital's preventive cardiology program, of the new focus...
Together the two brothers have built Tod's S.p.A. into a global luxury group with $450 million in annual sales that includes Tod's, the high-end leather-goods company; Roger Vivier, the legendary Parisian shoe brand; Hogan, a sporty sneaker and handbag brand; and Fay, a casual weekend clothing line. Four years ago, the Della Valles bought the Fiorentina soccer team, a move that has made them famous in a whole new arena?especially among young boys. It helps that the team, which was at the bottom of the league when they bought it, has since risen...
...Harvard’s 11-4 record on the day earned the team its first top finish of the spring season, while Tufts was close behind in second, finishing at 10-5. Yale took third at 9-6, and host Brown earned fourth place with an 8-7 mark. Roger Williams University and Connecticut College rounded out the competition in fifth and sixth place, with records of 7-8 and 0-15, respectively.Although the team has had just three events together, only two of which were co-ed, the Crimson looks to have worked out at least some...
...That was the spirit driving the lawmakers, who have now found themselves in the national spotlight for going where, so far, few other states have been willing to go. I talked to Representative Roger Hunt, the main sponsor of HB 1215, about why the bill was written as it was. Why, for instance, did they reject the standard exception to protect the health of the mother? Because, he says, that phrase is far too stretchy. ?If we were talking of pure, serious health concerns,? that would be one thing, Hunt said. But ?health? can mean economic health, mental health...
...Crash earned some rave reviews--notably from Roger Ebert, who recently said the movie ranks with the best Dickens novels. He has pegged it to win the top Oscar. Other reviews read like hate mail. Fueled in part by that stark critical contrast, Crash became, as Cheadle puts it, "the quintessential watercooler movie. It also gave people a way into a discussion that most people don't want to reference. No one wants to say, 'You know I was yelling at this Chinese guy in the store the other day ... ' or 'This person called me a name...