Word: needlessly
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...Francis Gagnon, the arrival of foot-and- mouth disease in France has been a saga of bureaucracy and needless slaughter. On March 16, some 40 armed police and 18 veterinary workers in white coats and rubber boots showed up at 6:45 a.m. on his farm in the Burgundy village of Tannerre-en-Puisaye. After police sealed off the farm, the men in white entered his barn and systematically injected a fast-acting poison into more than 833 of his sheep, many of them newborn lambs and heavily pregnant ewes. "No one could move without permission," says Gagnon. "Everyone...
...combined price of $1 per day. This follows closely on the heels of Merck Pharmaceuticals' announcement that it would market its drug, the protease inhibitor Crixivan, to Africa at the reduced price of $600 per year. AIDS drugs typically cost between $10,000 and $15,000 per year. Needless to say, because of these exorbitantly high prices, these drugs are out of reach for those most in need--especially those in sub-Saharan Africa, quickly becoming the center of the global AIDS pandemic...
...time to hang up his picture editor's loupe and take some time off to plan his next career. His duties will be assumed by Maria Wood. With a mix of envy and considerable regret, we can only say we respect his decision and wish him the best. And, needless to say, we can't wait to see what he does next...
...American Cancer Society, 23,000 American women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year, and around 14,000, or 61 percent, will die. The disease takes a high toll because its symptoms are so easily ignored, and the cancer in many newly diagnosed patients is often quite advanced. Needless to say, any news about prevention, no matter how rudimentary, is most welcome...
According to the Watertown town website, the community stands to lose $3.5 million of its total $68 million revenue base if the property is converted to non-profit status. Needless to say, a small community like Watertown cannot afford to lose nearly 5 percent of its tax revenue in one fell swoop. The town converted the Arsenal property into a business complex in 1998 and was anticipating a large amount of tax revenue from the site, after receiving nothing in taxes from the property during its past 200 years as a military base. Without the planned revenue, the town says...