At a stroke, whole generations of middle-aged Tory men can feel dreams of high office evaporating like the fumes from a consoling tumbler (or two) of late-night Scotch.

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Translating the blitzkrieg to corporate America, Warden preaches that bold-stroke planning can change whole markets.

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"The new APC trial confirms that the safety issue--heart attack and stroke risk---is one that applies to the whole class of Cox-2 inhibitors, " says Eric Topol , chairman of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic.

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"Just overnight at the stroke of a pen, to change it and to forfeit the whole entire inheritance, to us it seems totally unjust, " Vaso said.

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