In the second world war he was attached to the Office of Strategic Services, an intelligence unit, picking targets in Germany for American bombers to attack, and rose to the rank of major.

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Mr Stewart was sacked by Health Minister Edwin Poots after targets for the unit were not met.

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EU's competition commissioner, evidently agrees: she said last week that banking would be among the first targets of a unit she is setting up in Brussels to bash cartels.

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Genentech unit is looking into another monoclonal antibody called crenezumab that also targets plaque buildup in the brain.

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