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...media is not making the kind of impact it did in the past. Once, a report of this type would prompt a serious review of what was going on. There's no indication that we can expect that any time soon. And the depressing thing is the extent of the rot. These guys set up fictitious companies that had no background. They were nobodies from nowhere, but because they were carrying bundles of money they could walk into the homes of leading politicians' houses and meet the top generals. And it's not as if they were offering sums that...
...There's a natural concern among pharmaceutical manufacturers that allowing AIDS drugs to become available in Africa at a fraction of the price charged in the U.S. might prompt patients (and even governments) in the industrialized world to begin asking why they ought to continue paying the higher price. Or worse still, that those Brazilian or Indian companies who undercut them in Africa may decide to challenge the pharmaceutical giants in other markets, even in their own backyards...
...crew told me it was like driving Dad's car. You learn the basics after a week. After three months, a sailor should be proficient enough so the diving officer doesn't constantly have to prompt. Dad's car, however, didn't weigh 17,000 tons. The sub responded sluggishly when I moved the wheel. I also had to steer three-dimensionally. The wheel not only turned left and right, but to point the boat down or up, I had to push the wheel in or pull it to my chest. What's more, the sub has two steering wheels...
...crew told me it was like driving Dad's car. You learn the basics after a week. After three months, a sailor should be proficient enough so the diving officer doesn't constantly have to prompt. Dad's car, however, didn't weigh 18,750 tons. The sub responded sluggishly when I moved the wheel. I also had to steer three-dimensionally. The wheel not only turned left and right, but to point the boat down or up, I had to push the wheel in or pull it to my chest. What's more, the sub has two steering wheels...
...battling to wipe out. They feel that they alone should not have to pick up the tab for Africa. They want to stanch drug pirates who might make worthless fakes or flood drugs onto the black market. And they fear that making AIDS therapies cheaper for Africans will prompt lucrative Western markets to demand lower prices as well...