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...touch with me, and I'll send him a reading list.' HAROLD AUGENBRAUM, head of the U.S. National Book Foundation, saying such comments reveal a poor grasp of American literature...
...billion, Genentech--of which Roche has owned a 55% majority stake since 1990--has produced some of the most cutting-edge best sellers on the pharmaceutical market today. Its pipeline remains one of the industry's most promising. In the past, Roche always applied a light touch to this golden goose, but this summer it became too tempting for Schwan. On July 21, in what will probably amount to a hostile takeover, Roche offered $44 billion for full control of the San Francisco--based firm...
...Giovanni Cipollini, who heads Pietrasanta's local pro-resistance association, said he had offered to put Lee in touch with partisans who were present, but that the director refused. "This is very delicate," he says. "When a famous director makes a major movie about a chapter in history, people will believe that his version is the truth." Cipollini led a group distributing flyers of protest at Wednesday's screening in Viareggio, near the setting of the film...
...happy,” said Seegars, adding that being First Marshal would allow him to be involved in the class, “reaching out, hearing what other people have to say, and seeing what the class wants.” Perez cited the opportunity to stay in touch with his class as his primary reason for running. The other six Class Marshals include Kameron A. Collins ’09, Amanda K. Fields ’09, Heidi E. Kim ’09, Christopher C. Lo ’09, Margaret M. Wang...
...once heard one of Oz's friends say, with a touch of wistful regret, that he had never really held a job worthy of his talents after he was 50. But that ignores the thousands of lives he made better in small ways and large through his campaigning for urban renewal and his support of grass-roots community initiatives. And it misses the vital essence of the man - an ability to combine a keen eye and sharp instinct for the big issues of our time with an eye-twinkling liveliness that made him a tremendous joy to be around...