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...growing dispute may sour the drug industry's appetite for rain-forest research and development. Abbott, for example, irked by tribal claims, denies that a poison-dart frog had anything to do with its new pain-killer (which is in clinical trials) other than inspiring the company to take a closer look at a similar group of synthetic compounds. Says a spokeswoman for another major U.S. firm: "We've started scaling back. We just don't think you can define 'traditional knowledge' in that kind of legalistic way." Others fear that, given the notorious corruption of many Third World governments...
...ECAC playoffs last season, and the memory of a frustrated finish carried through the offseason until the Crimson could face the Golden Knights again. “Going in there on Friday night, we started where we left off last year on a bit of a sour note, and we were hungry to beat them this time,” Richter said. Just one minute into the game, Clarkson scored on Harvard after a shot by the Knights defenseman Grant Clitsome rebounded off Richter’s pad onto the stick of forward Matt Beca, who beat Richter...
Lots of trouble has been hitting lately, with private-equity loans turning sour, AAA-rated subprime mortgage securities turning into junk, and all manner of other bets going bad. This ought to make it easier to figure out just who in the money business knows what he's doing. Which explains why the just-completed earnings-reporting season for banks and other financial firms was the most informative in years. Not to mention entertaining, especially during the usually soporific conference calls with analysts in which executives discuss their results...
...It’s more of a mentally defeating loss,” Livingston said. “That’s not our personality [the play in the first half]. We’ll be pretty sour from our loss, but we saw what we can do in the second half...
...seen unprecedented economic gains, a freer media and better infrastructure, but his increasingly ham-fisted attempts to stay in power have eroded public confidence. A recent survey by the U.S.-based International Republican Institute found that Musharraf's ratings have reached rock bottom. "As the national mood continues to sour, President Musharraf continues to bear the brunt of this voter dissatisfaction and his approval rating has dropped to an all-time low of 21%, from a high of 63% in September 2006," says the report...