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...appealing to the White House because his efforts to sway Sharon on this question have been fruitless. Israel plans to release up to 520 prisoners, including some members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. But that's only 10 percent of the total number, and Israel is making clear it won't release anyone convicted of killing Israelis, and will act gradually as it sees Abbas cracking down on those organizations. That's unlikely to be enough for the militants, and may therefore not be enough for Abbas, who insists that prisoner-release is the single most important means of establishing...
...promise to deliver wonder drugs that will cure feared ailments like cancer and Alzheimer's; compared to that, budgetary discipline seems pretty dull. Yet with an exhaustingly long list of failed products and failed companies in its brief past, the biotech industry each year grows closer to losing sway with the moneymen who fund its research. Even though biotech stocks have been moving up this year, among critical pre-ipo investors like venture-capital funds "there's a lot of fear," says Alan Crane, ceo of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, an early-stage drug-discovery firm. "There's a lot of concern...
...benchmark Genentech IPO 23 years ago has been its promise to deliver wonder drugs that will cure feared ailments like cancer and Alzheimer's. Yet with an exhaustingly long list of failed products and failed companies in its brief past, the industry each year grows closer to losing sway with the moneymen who fund its research. Even though biotech stocks have been moving up this year, among critical pre-IPO investors like venture-capital funds "there's a lot of fear," says Alan Crane, CEO of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, an early-stage drug-discovery firm. "There's a lot of concern...
...supporter admits, "as big as a house." The Prime Minister is also the country's leading publisher, advertiser and a major player in the financial and insurance sectors. His three Mediaset channels account for more than 90% of the national commercial TV market, and he exerts a powerful sway over state broadcaster RAI. Last April he publicly called for the sacking of three left-leaning talk-show hosts - and they were duly fired. "Italy risks sliding into a regime without realizing it," warns opposition leader Francesco Rutelli. Despite the criticisms, Berlusconi has become the Prime Minister with the tightest grip...
Your account of the atrocious behavior of the Hussein brothers showed that they were more brutal and evil than I ever could have imagined. How this family could hold sway over a country of more than 20 million is hard to understand. The continuing pain that Uday experienced from the attempt on his life was well deserved. How this demonic family could have escaped retaliation for so long remains a mystery. BILL KRIEG Fairport...