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...bleeding, Kerry reached down from the bow of the boat and pulled him in. "John didn't have to, but he came to the front under fire and pulled me over," Rassmann said, adding that Kerry "could have been shot and killed at any time. I figure I owe this man my life...
...costs and attorney fees. An attorney suggested bankruptcy, but then a friend of a friend who worked for a medical-billing company negotiated the collection agency down to a single payment of $40,000. The Westers took out a loan against their house to pay it off. They still owe a second collection agency more than $30,000 for other medical services. "I work my butt off practically every day," says Wester. "I don't buy things I can't afford, and I basically save every penny I have." He drives a truck that's worth less than...
While the industry is quick to claim how much it must spend to come up with new drugs, it is slow to acknowledge the contributions of the Federal Government and American taxpayers. Universities, foundations, researchers and congressional committees have concluded for years that many major drugs owe their origins to research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Cancer Institute and other public agencies. A report by the Joint Economic Committee of Congress in 2000, then headed by Republican Senator Connie Mack of Florida, summed it up: "The Federal Government, mainly through the NIH, funds about...
...provided the evidence to vouch for its claim to have destroyed all of those weapons. Treated like an ineffectual appeaser by most of the U.S. media before the war, Blix suddenly looks like the only one who had it right and quite a few publications, and politicians, owe him an apology...
...German who grew up after World War II, I have always regarded any glorification of the military with skepticism and suspicion. Despite knowing how much Germans owe to the Allied forces that liberated us from Nazi terror, and acknowledging that the majority of Iraqis rejoice that they are rid of Saddam Hussein because of the efforts of American and coalition troops, I wish that others would not forget that an army uses force and violence. Innocent people have always suffered in wartime, no matter what the motives of the military. ECKHARD KORFF Lippborg, Germany...