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That's a feature common to most drug ads: they leave you confused about the information. The FDA states that DTC commercials must present a "fair balance" of the benefits and side effects of a drug, but it's obvious most don't. Drug ads are, not surprisingly, meant to sell products, not scare consumers off, so they're notorious for careening quickly through the obligatory list of the medication's risks. Even Saturday Night Live has mocked this technique, with its own commercial for a fake birth control pill, Annuale - a spoof of a real drug ad for Seasonale...
...capita annually, have some of the biggest feet in the world. How big? A recent study by a class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that even a homeless American would have a carbon footprint of 8.5 tons--twice the global average. "We have contributed more than our fair share to this problem," says Katherine Wroth, a senior editor at the green website Grist.org "It seems logical that we would want to contribute to the solution...
...called Convening Authority Susan J. Crawford - who has complete discretion over the specific charges Guantanamo inmates would face at trial. Brig. Gen. Tom Hartmann, the Authority's senior legal advisor, told TIME that the dismissal offered evidence of the "strength of the system and the careful, deliberative and fair legal process in place at Guantanamo...
...third option argues that China's entry into a global climate regime is an important part of America's fair trade agenda. The U.S. will give China breathing room, for a few years if necessary, but eventually it has to join - and there will be trade sanctions if it doesn't. That's where Obama stands, and it's where McCain was going this week until he ducked. The official text of his Portland speech contained a reference to a "cost equalization mechanism" - the trade-sanctions stick if China balks - but McCain edited it out before show time, replacing...
...Obama is not the only candidate to wear the pin intermittently. Rival Hillary Clinton is often without it. When asked she simply says, "There are many ways to show your patriotism." The only G.O.P. candidate to wear the pin faithfully was Rudy Giuliani. Is it fair that Obama is singled out for pin scrutiny? Probably not. But it's likely that Obama's pin will keep sticking him until he brings some consistency to his lapels...