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...specially converted commercial trucks that cruise Iraqi highways to foil pursuers. "His weapons-of-mass-destruction capabilities are mobile," Rumsfeld said last week. "They can be hidden from inspectors no matter how intrusive." Hardest of all to get rid of are the notebooks and computer hard drives filled with biochem recipes and nuclear designs that Saddam's scientists have compiled over the years. Even if all of Saddam's germ factories and the weapons made in them were eradicated, he would still possess the knowledge needed to rebuild after he "disarmed...
When I was a sophomore, three senior guys lived next door. One was Ec, another Gov and the third Biochem. Two of them went into banking (the Gov concentrator went to D. C. ). In my first week on the job, I learned that one of the guys quit after two weeks; he said he couldn't take it any more and is now running a startup with his dad. The other is responsibly finishing his two-year contract and will run straight to B-school next year, hoping to find a new career that will restore his "self-worth...
...fellows who have taught both Cores and departmental classes say that they do not grade papers differently in either type of courses--but many say they keep in mind the obvious--that, English concentrators, for example, may write better English papers in Literature and Arts A courses than will biochem concentrators. So they say they adjust accordingly, careful not to punish students who have never taken a literature course...
...Concentration: Biochem...
Biotech companies are notorious for moving ahead with tests too quickly. But, Weisbrod notes, "that still doesn't account for this huge discrepancy." His top picks, too, expect to have drugs approved within two years: Biochem Pharma (hepatitis) and Centocor (blood clots). Another fan of companies with late-stage drugs is Evan Sturza, editor of Sturza's Medical Investment Letter, whose top picks are Aviron (flu), Gilead Sciences (HIV, hepatitis) and Sepracor (side effects from Prozac, Claritin and others...