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That, of course, is exactly what critics say about the drug industry today. Nevada has sued a dozen drug companies for hiking the average wholesale prices (AWP), which the U.S. government uses to determine what it pays for drugs, and using the extra money to pay commissions to doctors who prescribe their products. Activists and state attorneys general say the AWP, set by the companies, rarely reflects the prices charged to HMOs and other drug wholesalers. "What we say is that AWP stands for 'ain't what's paid,'" says Ahaviah Glaser, director of the Prescription Access Litigation Project...
...played by Danielle C. Kijewski ’11, eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Adorned with loincloths and fig-leaves, they made resounding crunches from apples for added emphasis. Over the course of the night, the nearly two dozen participants whittled down to the eight remaining iron-willed members. These poetic marathoners, after journeying from Man’s first disobedience to Adam and Eve’s expulsion, felt relieved at the finish, but also accomplished because they had just undertaken a project of this magnitude...
...Still, the union may be going a little overboard. It recently accused New York Times columnist Murray Chass of being an "enabler of collusion" by writing a piece in which he surveyed about a dozen GMs of their possible interest in A-Rod and found very few, if any, takers...
...Paving the soundtrack are a dozen well-chosen seasonal favorites: the Ronettes' "Sleigh Ride," Johnny Mercer's "Jingle Bells," Doris Day's "Here Comes Santa Claus," Elvis' "Santa Claus Is Back In Town," Sinead O'Connor's "Silent Night," Guy Lombardo doing "Auld Lang Syne." My guess is that the movie will disappear, the CD (which hits the stores Nov. 20) will hang around for a few more Christmases. It has something to please every kid from... well, from...
...Just when they began to wonder how much longer they could keep the project going, a group of local veterans volunteered to groom and replant the memorial in time for Veterans Day. About a dozen men, using plumb lines and measuring sticks, worked four full days last week replanting the flags in perfectly spaced and tidy rows...