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...Valium profits had tranquilized it into lethargy. He streamlined the administration, production and research and set out to find a new generation of superstar drugs. The antibiotic Rocephin, which had worldwide sales last year of $445 million, is currently the firm's largest-selling product. Valium, though, remains the second-best seller. Last week the company reported that 1988 profits had risen to $389 million, up 33% from the previous year, on sales of $5.3 billion. Now that Hoffmann-La Roche no longer lays claim to the title of the world's most expensive stock, Gerber hopes he can find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just What the Doctor Ordered | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...couldn't claim the other categories because he was splitting time with the ECAC's second-best goaltender, freshman Chuckie Hughes (.925 save percentage, 2.63 g.a.a...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Icemen Invasion Colors ECAC Crimson | 3/2/1989 | See Source »

...past year, Rice handled publicity for the Big Green men's and women's ice hockey, field hockey and men's lacrosse teams as well as writing feature stories for other Dartmouth squads. The Dartmouth Football Program--which contained many of her stories--was selected second-best among I-AA schools by the College Sports Information Directors of America...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Julie Rice Named Asst. SID | 7/8/1988 | See Source »

Topps has the second-best set of cards this year, even though their backs are unimpressive and their photos often aren't as sharp as Fleer's. Topps' front is traditional enough to enlist my nostalgia, and though the overall effect is to make the card look like the cover of a cheap sports magazine, at least the player, and not the background, is the center of attention. They're not as good as last year's Topps, but all of this year's crop of cards is generally weaker...

Author: By Bentley Boyd, | Title: Examining This Year's Baseball Cards | 4/9/1988 | See Source »

...team plays host to Princeton, this Saturday, before the team heads off to Baltimore, the hotbed of lacrosse, to play Loyola College. Five days later, the squad faces Temple, the second-best team in the nation last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Laxwomen Want to Keep on Winning | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

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