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...Pharmaceutical Fix TIME's Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele ask why Americans pay so much for prescription drugs--and find greedy pillmakers and pandering politicians to blame...
Building on this victory, congressional supporters of campaign finance reform have introduced two other significant measures to fix additional problems with the system. The first seeks to shore up public funding for presidential campaigns, which provides candidates with matching public funds if they adopt voluntary spending limits. The current upper bound to these funds is too low—a fact illustrated by George W. Bush’s, Howard Dean’s and Sen. John F. Kerry’s decisions to forego federal funds in their primaries. This proposal is a necessary outgrowth of the BCRA, since...
...thing--a key selling point 20 years ago. Nor can there be much research on the effects of long-term spaceflight on human health--not with the small crews and relatively short stays the station can accommodate. Its current crew does little with its time but maintain hardware and fix problems, the latest being a worrisome oxygen leak that has so far bled away 4% of the station's air since it sprang in late December...
...coming through a vintage '60s amp, or your keyboard sound like a surprisingly realistic steel guitar. Select a sound and you're ready to hit the Record button. And if you flub the recording, even with the built-in metronome? Not to worry. Hit the Fix Timing button and your so-so keyboard solo will sound a little more like Ben Folds. Just don't let your piano teacher catch you doing...
...Best, the most popular beverage on campus is undoubtedly the Coca-Cola that flows like wine during exam period. But if campaigners at this week’s World Social Forum in Mumbai, formerly Bombay, India have their way, more people might be looking elsewhere for their caffeine fix. Delegates at the forum, a left-leaning alternative to the World Economic Forum taking place at Davos, Switzerland, are looking to globalize a series of smaller boycotts against the soft-drink giant...