Word: directionally
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...Ostensibly, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is charged with protecting the safety of our health and the drugs we take. But the already misfit pairing of the free market pharmaceutical industry with the trust-based medical care model was further strained when the FDA approved direct-to-consumer advertising for drugs in 1997. That allowed pharmaceutical companies to use advertising as a guise for educating patients. While patients feel more knowledgeable about diseases and their options for treating them, where does that information come from? In most cases, it's from industry-sponsored advertising, notes Watson. "The pharmaceutical marketing...
...Which means that, as with any marketed product, the buyer should always beware when it comes to drug ads. "We are taking a hard look at the deceptive tactics of drug companies in their direct-to-consumer advertising," said Stupak in a press release. But ultimately it's up to the consumer and his doctor to decide how much of the truth in advertising to believe...
...weapons upgrades, bullet proof jackets, reconnaissance devices and training, the results would have been much better. The Pakistan Army would have performed better: more terrorists caught, fewer casualties and more leads to Osama bin Laden. Over the past eight years, Pakistan has received $11 billion from the U.S. in direct aid for fighting terrorism, billions from other countries for curbing extremism and development projects, and access to secret intelligence. In response to this, Musharraf has been repeatedly diverting funds in efforts to retain his support within the army, upgrade weapons to be used against India, or pay his supporters...
...pedestrians on the streets stared as the fleet of buses rolled into the heart of energy-starved Pyongyang. Every half kilometer or so along a 25-kilometer route into town, female traffic cops stood stiffly at attention, wearing fur-lined hats and carrying batons they could, theoretically, use to direct traffic; if, that is, there actually was any traffic. There...
...Shimmying down the slopes toward the dry pools, he described the improvements he would make if he just had the money. The headworks at the natural glacier would direct water with more precision and efficiency. Stone channels would be widened so the water wouldn't freeze on its way down. Pipes leading to the pools would be deep underground, and made of concrete, to withstand floods. Water would cascade onto fields in April, and global warming would lose its grip, for a while...