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...thinking behind that? There are thousands of people out there who would like to get business ideas to me, and in any one day, I'll have a pocketful of people who have done it. I have lots of letters in my pockets and I have to hope I haven't sort of washed my jeans when I get back. At least if they tweet them to us, we have a new projects team that can check them...
TIME: Why did you decide to write this book? Cross: It was simply picking up the phone and saying yes to whoever's idea it was. Somebody from the publishing company called my literary agent, which I didn't know existed at the time. Still haven't met him. Although he's welcome to 15% of whatever I earn...
Ripped from the HeadlinesStill, the Bush years got stand-up comics reading the headlines again, and they haven't stopped. The economic crisis has been a hot topic for months, health care is coming on strong, and favorite targets like Sarah Palin and Clinton have helped out by refusing to leave the stage. But when it comes to Obama, the comics are still groping. Greg Geraldo, a club stalwart whose material was filled with anti-Bush gibes a few years ago, has moved on to Obama, but mostly to execute a deft pivot - like a bit on John McCain...
...haven't done a very good job on promoting existing family-planning products," says Strong. "Why should we divert attention from pills, IUDs and male condoms to what's really a niche market? It can be nice to go off on a new pilot when old things aren't working very well, rather than sticking around and trying to make them work...
...Drugscope's Barnes worries that by instituting blanket bans instead of targeting specific designer drugs, U.K. lawmakers will have to walk a fine line between trying to stay one step ahead of manufacturers and classifying drugs too hastily, especially those that haven't yet been proved to be harmful to users. Once drugs are classified, they rarely get downgraded or returned to legal status, says Barnes, owing more to political than scientific will. "Legislation is a blunt instrument," he says. "If we go down the route where we simply outlaw on the basis of potential harm, the heavy weight...