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...What do I do with the rest of my life? Robert Kinney, 58, head of the Federal Public Defender's Office in Las Cruces, N.M., may have found his answer when he agreed to a stint for the International Senior Lawyers Project, which uses experienced attorneys to promote the rule of law around the world. After Kinney spent three months (pro bono, but with expenses paid) setting up Bulgaria's first public defender's office and a month in Mongolia on a similar mission, his vision for retirement was transformed. He and his wife sold their intended retirement haven...
...Fakewatch The United States has never been thrilled about China's taste for fake Viagra and knockoff fashion, but has resisted using trade mechanisms to force a crackdown on piracy?until now. Last week, Washington invoked a seldom-used World Trade Organization rule to demand that Beijing explain what it's doing to enforce intellectual property rights. The move could pave the way for a WTO case against China. "If China believes that it is doing enough to protect intellectual property," U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman said last week, "then it should view this process as a chance to prove...
...Kevin” (Baruch Y. Shemtov ’09), comically over-exaggerated in his quest for relief, breaches the unspoken bathroom rule of aloofness and asks the other man—who at first seems comparatively normal—for “help” in progressively outrageous ways. Raucous comedy, more pointed and risqué than in the other works, ensues. The result, however, was not overtly offensive but managed to make viewers just uncomfortable enough to succeed dramatically...
...from the study in order to distance the company from the results.The Harvard researchers ultimately decided to publish their study in Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association, despite Merck’s alleged requests. “We made a decision that we should let the science rule the day,” Solomon told The Wall Street Journal last November.Gaziano said he had concerns about the Harvard study. “They’re very good scientists,” he said. “But it was an observational study, and there are limitations...
...more fun if people can pick and choose what they want.” Christopher said that this year’s most popular items include Napoleon Dynamite costumes, “anything pirate-related,” sexy nurse costumes, school-girl outfits, police accessories, and wings. One rule applies to almost every Halloween season, Christopher said: “People want to be either sexy or scary.”At Mass. Ave.’s busy and crowded Oona’s, a popular second-hand store, owner Kathleen M. White dealt with the Halloween costume...