Word: health
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...near-death of a recent graduate Sunday in a Harvard dorm room prompted University officials to issue a statement late last night warning about the "severe health risks" posed by an increasingly popular designer drug...
...primary reason for releasing the statement was concern for the health and safety of Harvard students," Lewis said...
...Frankly, I see this more as a health issue, as opposed to a criminal investigation issue, at the present time," he said...
...hope that the next budget cycle will bring real compromise, serious discussion, and close attention to the things all Americans value: social security, health care and education. A tax cut for the wealthy is not where our Congress' attention should be focused...
...Justice Department Sues Big Tobacco." Claiming that tobacco companies conspired to conceal the risks of cigarette smoking from the public and thus engaged in consumer fraud, federal lawyers will invoke the federal civil racketeering statute and ask for $25 billion to recoup taxpayer dollars spent to cover smoking-related health-care costs for veterans, military personnel, federal employees and the elderly through Medicare payments. Although under the law an award could be triple that if the feds can get a jury to see things their way, even $75 billion seems suspiciously like small potatoes compared to the $240 billion settlement...