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...long, deep breath we have held for a year. We can measure the meaning of his capture by the measures we have taken--old alliances and long traditions discarded to go to war to take him out and, in the name of democracy, a war that was opposed by vast majorities in most democracies on earth. Hundreds of soldiers killed, hundreds more wounded, $4 billion a month spent and billions more to come, a country broken in pieces that we will be helping rebuild for years to come. And so what is the gift this capture has bought? Perhaps...
...vast majority of the Chinese who are HIV positive have no such access and must make do with drugs that treat the side effects of the disease--antibiotics for mouth sores and pneumonia, creams for skin lesions. Others rely heavily on traditional Chinese herbal medicines, which have no documented record of success. And even for those who are able to squeeze into one of the small studies supported by foreign aid groups, there is no guarantee of receiving proper follow-up care. "We have heard of places in China where the drugs are delivered but there is no training...
...known how difficult the process was going to be, I'm not sure we would have embarked on it," he says, reflecting on his work of the past three years. "We put up with a lot. But as AIDS researchers, we could not continue to be distant from the vast majority of patients...
...with a 100-share minimum. The IPO, which is set to end Feb. 10, aims to raise $7.9 million. In theory, investors will be able to trade shares over the counter, but the market is untested, to say the least. If the film is a smash--the vast majority of films are not--investors get back their initial investment and then split profits with the filmmakers. Even the prospectus says not to count on a happy ending: "You should purchase shares only if you can afford a complete loss." Says Civilian Capital founder Barry Poltermann: "This is a real investment...
While Iraq’s neighbors, the United States and all of the international community have suffered because of Saddam Hussein’s rule, the vast majority of the regime’s crimes—which range from genocide to systematic rape to assorted other crimes against humanity—were committed against the Iraqi people. It is therefore the Iraqis, and not Americans or the international community, who must come to terms with the horrific legacy of Saddam Hussein...