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Encouraged by these successes, drug companies are starting to turn to the lesser-known autoimmune diseases. Remicade, for example, helps alleviate the intestinal inflammation caused by Crohn’s disease, and drugs against the potentially systemic disorders scleroderma and Sjogren’s syndrome are well along in clinical trials. None of these treatments is a cure, of course, but anything that can put the brakes on a runaway immune system has to be considered a good start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Immune System Disorders | 12/18/2000 | See Source »

...tagline that includes "Campaign ads filled with half-truths: $10 million. Finding out the truth: priceless"; the latter shows a succession of adorable children proclaiming: "When I grow up, I want the government to have the same problems it has today. I want to vote for the lesser of two evils." This simple but brilliant idea to co-opt two of the most ingenious ads of the last few years really showed Nader to be a hip guy with a sense of humor while dishing out well-directed and well-deserved criticism of the two major-party candidates...

Author: By Alixandra E. Smith, | Title: Packaging the Presidency | 12/7/2000 | See Source »

...track whose ubiquitous remix catapulted Maas to the forefront of the international scene. The crowd certainly ate it up, roaring with anticipation as the familiar shuffling beat filtered from the speakers, but not so much that anyone could call Maas a one-remix wonder. If anything, they much preferred lesser-known but equally well-crafted Maas tracks, occasionally jumping up and down with the reckless abandon of seventh-graders at a school dance. That's not to say that Maas avoided well-known tracks-another crowd favorite was Fatboy Slim's new single "Star 69," universally recognized by its spoken...

Author: By Tom Clarke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: CRITICAL MAAS | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...Talk about the lesser of two evils. Or the evil of two lessers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Deadline Is Over — What Now? | 11/25/2000 | See Source »

...where there are jobs and stability. The AUC is accepted, but it's not what Colombians want. The solution isn't the AUC. We're part of the solution. It's logical that we're accepted. It's the fault of the guerrillas' intransigence. People see us as the lesser evil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs, Violence and Peace: A Colombian Gunman Speaks | 11/22/2000 | See Source »

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