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...Obama has galvanized the American electorate by reminding us who we really are as a people, by touching our hearts with hope, by stirring our imaginations with ideas of a better tomorrow. I feel America is new-born and confident; that we can truly step unfettered into the new millennium and a universe of possibilities. Pushpa Vavilikolanu, Elmhurst, Illinois...
...patient was being successfully treated with a bortezomib-based therapy, a drug marketed as Velcade by the Cambridge-based Millennium Pharmaceuticals. Students said that during the clinic discussion, Richardson suggested bortezomib can now be used as a first-line treatment—meaning that physicians can prescribe use of the drug at diagnosis, rather than only as a second or third-line therapy when the disease has recurred...
...Richardson, a physician and clinical researcher at the Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, did not violate any existing policies. In an interview, he said that he did not disclose his ties to Millennium because he wanted to keep the discussion centered on the patient and because it would have been insensitive to bring up the tie with Millennium in front...
...Richardson were to give the same presentation on bortezomib today, he would be required to disclose his relationship with Millennium, though he said he would likely do this either on the syllabus or on the course Web site...
When Canada enacted some of the first incentives at the turn of the millennium, the weak Canadian dollar and the tax credits were enough to lure many Hollywood films out of the country altogether. An ensuing uproar within the American film community sparked a move to entice these “runaway productions” to remain in the lower 48, and many states formerly unfamiliar with film production found their way into the industry. Currently, approximately 80% of American states provide some benefit—ranging from sales tax exemptions to tax credits—to films that shoot...