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Our examiner would give us clippings of news to read. I pushed her to start first, which wasn't a smart move. As soon as she opened her mouth, breaking the news of war, I felt that bombs were already falling over our heads. She was brilliant. I told my examiner, ‘It's not fair, this woman was armed and dangerous!' He smiled and told me that each of us had her own flavor and style, and the radio needs both of us." Just months later, Papa Sharo had a fight with the minister; the host left his post, and Tawfik was offered the chance to take the kids' program. The rest, as they say, is history: Even when Sharo came back to head Egyptian Radio, he left the children's program in her capable hands. “Children are so loyal. When Papa quit his show, I used to get letters asking where he went.
Travels With Uncle Chet: Dems should pick anyone but Hillary
COLUMBUS _ ``I call this meeting to order,'' said Uncle Chet, as he passed the platter of chicken down the table. ``How are we going to nominate anyone but Hillary?'' ``It might be too late,'' I said. ``I think she's been anointed,'' said Alice, handing me the cranberry sauce. ``I have a question,'' asked Buddy, who won the social studies award in kindergarten last year. ``What's that?'' said Hon. ``Is Hillary like President Bush?'' ``More than you'd think, little boy,'' said Uncle Chet. ``They both love NAFTA,'' I noted. ``Who's NAFTA?'' asked Buddy. ``A bad idea,'' I said. ``NAFTA is an agreement to ship jobs out of the United States,'' said Uncle Chet.
Nader launches exploratory website
Ralph Nader, the consumer activist whom many Democrats blame for costing them the White House in 2000, launched an exploratory committee website today. The site asks "Which side are you on?" and features a litany of criticisms of corporate America. In 2000, Democrat Al Gore won the popular vote but was edged out in the Electoral College by Republican George W. Bush after the US Supreme Court stopped a recount in Florida. Nader, the Green Party candidate, won about 2.8 million votes nationwide, or nearly 3 percent of the vote. But his vote in close, key states helped swing the election to Bush. .
Dendreon Presents Data Correlating the Cumulative Potency of PROVENGE ...
SEATTLE and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Researchers from Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ: DNDN) today presented data demonstrating the correlation of a measure of the cumulative potency of PROVENGE (sipuleucel-T), an investigational active cellular immunotherapy for hormone-refractory prostate cancer, with overall survival. This is the first time that an association between higher potency of an active immune therapy and increased patient survival has been reported. The correlation appeared to be independent of other important baseline prognostic factors. The abstract (#21), "Cell Number and CD54 Expression in Sipuleucel-T Correlate with Survival in Metastatic Androgen Independent Prostate Cancer," is being presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2008 Genitourinary Symposium in San Francisco.
InfoLogix Featured in FOX Business News Interview on Reducing ...
HATBORO, Pa., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InfoLogix, Inc. (NASDAQ: IFLG) , a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, is featured in a new FOX Business News interview about how the company's mobile technology is helping to solve medication management errors among its 1,400 hospital customers across North America. The interview with InfoLogix CEO and president David Gulian, originally scheduled to air December 13, aired live on FOX Business News on Thursday, January 3rd during the "C-Suite Sitdown" segment of the morning show, and is now available to view online by first visiting www.infologixsys.com/TVinterview. Among the many challenges of the nation's healthcare system, the Institute of Medicine estimates that medication errors harm at least 1.5 million people a year.
'Ratatouille' caught in category trap
Among the tales of depravity and violence that dominate this year's Academy Awards race sits the bright and shining Ratatouille. A rat never seemed so sanitized. The Pixar film landed five Oscar nominations and was ranked by many critics as one of the year's best yet was never a serious contender for best picture. Instead, it was relegated to the relatively new category of best animated feature, which the academy began doling out in 2002. And its other nominations across other disciplines -- best original screenplay, best score, best sound mixing and best sound editing -- suggest the kind of broad consensus that often results in bigger awards like best director or best picture. Its five nominations rank as the most ever for a computer-animated film and rate second among all animated films, surpassed only by the six received by Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
Boomers' guide to financial freedom
Just yesterday your financial life was all about scrambling to make rent, learning what a 401(k) was and lobbying to get out of the cubicle and into an office. Now you're pushing 45 or 50, you've got a mortgage and college tuition bills, and you're the boss of a crop of ambitious 22-year-olds.
Face it, you've reached middle age. Sure, you have a long road ahead - three or four decades or more. But when it comes to your finances, you're not a kid anymore.
"Back in your twenties, you probably thought turning 50 was far in the future," says Mari Adam, a financial adviser in Boca Raton, Fla. "Guess what? Your future is starting now."
Will that future work out the way you want? Hard to say, but you'd be wise to see how you're doing so far. That means conducting a head-to-toe money checkup that covers everything from investing to insurance.
The CNN Wire: Thursday, Dec. 20
Barack Obama of Illinois at 28 percent and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina at 26 percent. With the poll's sampling error at plus or minus four percentage points, it's a virtual tie for the top spot in Iowa, the first state to vote in the race for the White House. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is at 7 percent with the remaining Democratic candidates all in the lower single digits. On the Republican side, 33 percent of likely GOP caucus-goers support former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as the nominee, with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in second place at 25 percent and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani at 11 percent. Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee are tied at nine percent, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas at 6 percent, with the rest of the Republican field in the lower single digits.
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