Word: genericism
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...approach to maintaining American preparedness was indicated by yesterday’s agreement between Bayer and the Canadian government. Last week, citing “extraordinary and unusual times,” the Canadian government announced it would ignore the Bayer patent and authorized the production of 1 million generic tablets by a Canadian company. After high-intensity negotiations, Canada yesterday reversed its position as Bayer agreed to supply the tablets within 48 hours—before the generic tablets would have been ready—at a discounted price...
...storyline from Saturday’s meeting between Harvard and Princeton read like a generic script for Crimson failure from last season...
...their newfound sophistication, however, Bis seem to have trouble forging a new niche for themselves. All the charm of their earlier releases has been smothered in the beefier production, which edges quite close to (God forbid) generic alterna-rock. Rin’s vocals on “Two Million” even emulate perfectly the faux seductive swagger of Garbage’s Shirley Manson. Even when Bis try for vintage synth-pop revival, as on “Robotic,” their approach is heavy-handed, unremarkable and obsolete—newcomers Ladytron have already perfected...
...Bayer has patent rights over Cipro for at least another year - although those rights may now be challenged. Tuesday, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York announced there is a section of federal law allowing the government to buy generic versions of patented drugs. If his proposal is approved, Schumer says, the public would not have to worry about buying Cipro, because the government would have a supply large enough to go around...
...Vieira's teams do their best to look and talk like normal soldiers, not shrinks. They introduce themselves not as therapists but as part of the "critical-incident stress-debriefing team." Even the Pentagon's new mental-health wing, located inside the main health clinic, has a generic name: the Life Skills Center. Vieira's handouts emphasize that getting emotional "is not weakness." Says Army Major Rick Keller, a psychiatric nurse-practitioner from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington: "We know we can't get them with...