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With the invasion of pharmaceutical companies, the entire supplements industry is braced for a shake-out. In the long run, the new arrivals could bring more testing and standardization to the market. But in the interim, their presence may prompt more corner cutting by companies that are pressured on price and that may respond by diluting potency and quality. The new arrivals "are bringing marketing dollars and something very important to the industry--consumer awareness and legitimacy," says Matthew Patsky, managing director of the investment bank Adams, Harkness and Hill. "What you're going to see is a dramatic increase...
Certainly, this type of objection could be taken further--what about refunds for people with moral objections to antibiotics? Throat cultures? Taking a temperature? But ultimately, abortion is a unique moral problem for medical institutions and their users. Allowing a refund for this single issue is unlikely to prompt a landslide of requests for refunds for other issues. Decisions involving collective action are difficult because they inherently require the consensus of numerous and disparate groups. However, in this case, UHS's policy represents a compassionate and reasonable compromise...
...Handbook for Students offers no specific governing regulations for such cases. Though a Harvard student's unpopular speech will never incur a disciplinary response, Epps (in an interview) and former Harvard President Derek C. Bok (in a speech) have acknowledged that offensive speech might prompt an informal response on the part of an administrator...
...would certainly presume that the Harvard administration wouldn't tolerate such action, but more importantly, one would hope that Harvard students are committed deeply enough to the principle of free expression on campus so as to not let their strong offense to another's views prompt them to respond in such a fashion...
...next time you type shuttleboy at the fas% prompt, the routes' next three shuttle bus times immediately...