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...eyes at the same prize that has made Mandela and De Klerk so uncomfortable together, so prone to display visceral anger toward each other's words and deeds. (They are not, after two dozen meetings, even on a first-name basis; it is ''Mr. Mandela'' and ''Mr. President.'') The task they have been forced by circumstances to undertake in concert has tested their characters in fiendishly exasperating ways. Both De Klerk and Mandela are attorneys, skilled in the art of compromise. Both also have stubborn streaks and strong, entrenched opinions, shaped in large measure by their very different South African...
Finally remembering their task, a few of the children began to read their letter, which had been written on a large sheet of posterboard...
...Perhaps the most interesting part of Bush's talk was his discussion of the challenge of getting enough vaccine in a hurry when it's needed, and he began the difficult task of setting citizens' expectations so they don't expect overnight miracles. "One of the challenges presented by a pandemic is that scientists need a sample of the new strain before they can produce a vaccine against it," he said. "This means it is difficult to produce a pandemic vaccine before the pandemic actually appears-and so there may not be a vaccine capable of fully immunizing our citizens...
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL 847-866-3000 www.rotary.org In 1985 the Rotarians took on the task of eradicating polio with oral vaccines. Cases have dropped from 350,000 in 1988 to fewer than 1,400 so far this year...
...finish up against Dartmouth and Columbia and with the Ivy title on the line, they won’t drop one of those games. But if the Bulldogs come through with a win, things could get very interesting. Harvard will have to win out, which is hardly an easy task. Princeton would have to drop one more game, most likely to Penn or Yale. And if all of that happens, the season ends with a mind boggling five-way tie atop the Ivy league, with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown and Penn sharing the league championship. So it?...