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...secret that people like shorthand names. Bartholomew almost always becomes Bart, Alexander gets squeezed down to Alex and Margaret - inexplicably - turns into Peggy. Coca-Cola had barely dented the national consciousness before it was compressed to a short and sweet Coke. Ditto the National Biscuit Co., which sounds like a place that manufactures dog chew toys - until you abbreviate it to the scrumptious Nabisco...
...unlikely to be dealt with until weeks or months after Obama names a nominee for FDA commissioner, an announcement that could come within days. Plus, some of DTC's most vocal critics in Congress aren't calling for an all-out advertising ban. For example, Democratic Representative Bart Stupak of Michigan, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, wants a moratorium on DTC ads during a drug's first two years on the market. "Two years will give the FDA and doctors time to see what safety issues arise once a drug is approved," Stupak...
...Simpson, Bart • invitation to Scientology event is extended by robo-call by voice...
What do you think about gangsta rap and its message? Bart Couder, BRUSSELS...
...President-elect found not only a scientist of the highest caliber, but someone who has been steeped in policy," wrote Bart Gordon, the Democratic Tennessee representative who chairs the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, in an e-mail. "This is a strong message that science will no longer be kept at an arm's length in the White House...