Word: primed
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...when they do, cheaper generic drugs may be available. Such marketing probably drives up overall health-care costs. More important, new drugs that are aggressively marketed can pose a safety risk. Merck's heavy promotion of pain reliever Vioxx - look at Dorothy Hamill skating without any strain! - is a prime example of advertising gone awry. The drug was later taken off the market after it was found to increase risk for heart attacks...
...even more than Washingtonians lack the "flinty Chicago toughness" that President Obama missed when his daughters' new school closed its doors during a recent wintry blast in the U.S. capital. When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's London visit was disrupted by the snow (at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, his British host was diverted toward answering questions about the meteorological emergency), Britain's international humiliation was complete. (See pictures of London's Tube after midnight...
Even Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was confronted with the issue when an elderly parishioner collapsed near him on Feb. 1, during a church service in the Australian capital Canberra. In what was a dream photo op for any politician, Mr Rudd was photographed carrying the parishioner out of the church and later urged residents to "pop in and check" on their neighbors in the extreme heat...
...which is symbolized by his choice of Mitchell, a former Senate majority leader and an Arab American who some Israelis view as too evenhanded. Winding up his tour to the region this week, Mitchell says he'll be back after the Feb. 10 elections when Israelis choose a new Prime Minister. Most likely, according to polls, it will be the hawkish Benjamin Netanyahu from the Likud Party, and if so, Mitchell's job will immediately get a lot harder. Netanyahu has vowed to "finish the work" in Gaza. By that, he says he intends to crush the Islamic militants...
...gained in the election is of course unclear. But already many in Baghdad are speculating that the tickets headed by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi appear poised to make the best showing. Iraqis largely seem content to wait for the final results in any case...