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Much of the debate in presummit meetings centered on the issue of who owns and controls the genetic information stored in those species. Traditionally, the benefits that come from genetic materials -- seeds, specimens or drugs derived from plants and animals -- go to whoever finds a way to exploit them. Vanilla, for example, was a biological resource found only in Central America. It later became an important cash crop in Madagascar. Now a U.S. biotech company has developed a process to clone the vanilla flavor in a cell culture. If the firm sells the bioengineered version for less than natural vanilla...
Black's and Lake's presence on the campaign team saddles Bush with a liability, and White House officials fear that Clinton will eagerly exploit the issue in the fall. Last week White House counsel C. Boyden Gray and other senior officials were working behind the scenes to get Black and Lake to break away from their lobbying firms. "The job of a lobbyist is to influence the government," said a senior official. "It is not appropriate to have a substantial position in the campaign and to stay connected with ((clients)) who are trying to influence the government...
...credibility problems of his own. A New York Times poll showed that 59% of voters think he says whatever voters want to hear. His opportunistic shifts on issues over the years led one local writer to conclude that he has more positions than the Kama Sutra. Clinton sought to exploit Brown's reputation for shiftiness by harping on his rival's plan for a 13% flat tax to replace the current tax code. The flat tax has been pilloried by most economists as regressive and disastrous to the poor. It would be especially costly for New Yorkers because deductions...
Walton should know. She was the spark that ignited the Crimson in the second half. A defender who played attack last year, the Mather sophomore was moved behind the net to exploit the defensive weakness of the Eagle attackers...
McCarthy focused the bulk of his criticism ofBush's policies on "a growing disregard for theinstitutions of government. . .and disdain anddisrespect for the Constitution." Bush's supportfor an amendment to outlaw abortion indicates "alack of understanding of the Constitution orwillingness to exploit it for political purposes...