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Even for those accustomed to northern climates, an election in the dark of Canadian winter can try the soul. On Jan. 23 Canadians will vote for a new Parliament, and in this normally unflappable nation there's a restless and angry mood that bodes ill for the governing Liberal Party...
Overall, it's a cumbersome process that can leave companies with promising treatments in limbo for years. "You wouldn't expect a defense contractor to build an aircraft carrier without a contract, but they're expecting pharmaceutical companies to develop these drugs without contracts," says Richard Hollis, CEO of Hollis...
Matt George, one of the tens of thousands of aid workers who headed to Pakistan after it was struck on Oct. 8 by its worst recorded earthquake, is accustomed to harsh conditions. But the American ex-surfer, who took up full-time volunteer work with the International Organization for Migration...
Move-in day inspires many a colorful conversation among newly acquainted parents. My mother’s comments about her arranged marriage to my father received quite a look of shock from my roommate’s mother—a Jewish woman from Brooklyn who agonized over â?...
In response to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast, Harvard clearly demonstrated its support of the victims through monetary contributions and initiative to accept dozens of students whose schools were forced to cancel the fall semester. As if this gesture by the College was not generous...