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...code of conduct, adopted in the spring of 2004, outlines the “primary standards,” including nondiscrimination and freedom of collective bargaining, as well as “preferential standards”—such as a living wage and environmental protection—that the university demands its contracted vendors to uphold...
...difference when the U.S. leaves Iraq. The genie has been let out of the bottle. The Bush Administration has ensured a supply of terrorists for the next 25 years, extinguished any chance for a secular Iraqi state, potentially destabilized the Middle East and presented the cost in lives, personal freedom and dollars to our grandchildren. Michael L. Schneider New Haven, Connecticut...
This has all been variously portrayed as trampling on civil liberties, violating the Constitution, jeopardizing the very idea of freedom and otherwise destroying all that is sacred in America. Well, that's one way to look at it. But there's another way to look at itas a triumph of counterterrorism, the beginning of the answer to the question that for the past four-plus years has been on everyone's mind but that no one could figure out: Why haven't we been hit again...
...patent terms typically vary depending on the date the application was filed and when the product is actually marketed.) More controversial, the bill would make it virtually impossible for individuals to sue for damages caused by any drug deemed a bioterrorism countermeasure, and BARDA would be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, keeping its work largely veiled from public scrutiny. HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt has said new liability protections should apply only to vaccines and medicines for pandemic flu, which is likely to delay action on Burr's "BioShield 2" bill until next year...
...nationwide attention and mentions by several prominent figures on the left, including syndicated columnist Molly Ivins and Kennedy, who alluded to the now-discredited reports in an op-ed in The Boston Globe on Dec. 22. “Think of the chilling effect on free speech and academic freedom when a government agent shows up at your home—after you request a book from the library,” Kennedy wrote at the end of his piece criticizing President Bush’s authorization of domestic wiretapping without warrants. Online, many bloggers discussed the story...