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...masks left over from the 2003 SARS outbreak as part of its preparations. No medications to combat bird flu, however, are available for purchase. Tamiflu, the one medication doctors think may be effective with avian influenza A, is no longer available for private purchases in the United States. Its Swiss maker, Roche Holding AG, said it was temporarily discontinuing shipments amidst concerns about hoarding, the Washington Post reported on Oct. 27. Deborah S. Yokoe, an infectious disease specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, said that individuals definitely...
Globe uses d3o in skateboard shoes. Spyder is making a slalom suit with d3o for the U.S. and Canadian Olympic teams. Swiss company Ribcap is putting d3o into soft ski caps. d3o management is also discussing military opportunities. And as d3o becomes cheaper to produce, it could be used in cars, soundproofing and police and paramedic gear. Then there are football, baseball, rugby, polo, cricket. The prospects for d3o and its "intelligent molecules" suddenly look endless...
...more an educator than a practising architect during his years at Harvard, Soltan did design a house in 1968 with fellow GSD professor Albert Szabo, and, in 1970, worked on the plans for Salem High School. His association with Le Corbusier was also instrumental in persuading the Swiss-born architect to design the Carpenter Center at Harvard, which is the only Le Corbusier building in North America.Soltan is survived by a daughter, Johanna, a son, Karol, and two grandchildren.Funeral services were held here and in Warsaw; there will be a memorial service at Harvard later this semester...
...latter towards more traditional Indian designs. Accompanied by a series of lectures and gallery talks by curators throughout the semester. Arthur M. Sackler Museum. Free. Through Jan. 29, 2006. (KAK)Stratification: An Installation of Works Since 1960. Curatorial intern M. Celka Straughn organized this exhibit of German and Swiss painters and sculptors highlighting seven key pieces from the museum’s collection. Several undergraduates were also involved in the project and will be giving gallery talks. The Busch-Reisinger Museum. Free. Through Feb. 26, 2006. (DJH & LRC)—Happening was compiled by Lois E. Becket, Lindsay...
...university audience, just a month before the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials, Del Ponte discussed how her tribunal attempts to address the unlawful actions of political and military leaders from the former Yugoslavia. Born in Lugano, Switzerland, the 52-year-old Del Ponte rose to the position of Swiss attorney general, investigating connections between Italian drug dealers and Swiss money launderers, former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and the traditional secrecy of Swiss financial institutions. Her investigation of the Sicilian mafia led to a failed attempt on her life when in 1988, when a half-ton of explosive was discovered...