But the real story concerns a revolutionary new hepatitis-C drug developed by the biotech giant Gilead. |
He holds it out in his hand to me as if he is offering the balm of Gilead or all the riches of Babylon or something precious and extravagant like that. |
She finds her subservient role in the Republic of Gilead suffocating, and acts out accordingly. |
Like the novel, it portrays Gilead, a dystopian society not too far in the future. |
Indeed Gilead is negotiating lower prices for its hepatitis C drug, Sovaldi, in poor countries. |
Above it all the eagles cruise hungrily, supported on warm gusts of scented air, Balm of Gilead in spring, pine resin in summer. |