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...suggests that the task of censorship often falls into the hands of people who eventually begin to suppress communications that others consider worthwhile. Besides, should we not trust the members of our community to decide for themselves whether ideas are good or bad instead of allowing someone else to shield them from pernicious thoughts? As a former president of the University of California once said "The University is not engaged in making ideas safe for students. It is engaged in making students safe for ideas." Finally, the most reasonable people will often have a hard time deciding which communications...
...brand-name companies face a broad-based movement toward generics. Some 26 states mandate the use of generic drugs, whenever possible, in Medicaid programs. Several insurance companies, including Aetna, Metropolitan, Prudential and Blue Cross/Blue Shield, have notified health-care policyholders that they will be reimbursed for 100% of the cost of generic drugs but only 80% of the price of brand-name pills. Moreover, many drugstore chains are pushing low-priced generics. Walgreens, with 947 outlets in 30 states and Puerto Rico, says that when one of its pharmacists receives a prescription marked "no substitution," he is to call...
...something a ten-year-old would do," complained Activist Doris Anderson. Other prospective victims designed a "bum wrap," special form-fitting cardboard shield to be worn as a rear guard against the Turner touch. The glad-hander's explanation of his cheekiness: "I'm a hugger. I'm a tactile politician I'm reaching out to people...
...more daunting arena of national politics. She will have to convince men everywhere, and women as well, that she is equipped to do what only men have done before: run the nation. She will expose herself to relentless public scrutiny with little more than wit and common sense to shield...
...issue was Lord's treatment of three top A.H. Robins Co. executives who appeared in his courtroom last February to sign a $4.6 million settlement of seven lawsuits involving the pharmaceutical firm's Dalkon Shield. The intrauterine birth-control device, which was on the market in the U.S. from 1970 to 1974, has been linked to severe pelvic infections and septic abortions; the Shield is also alleged to have caused 18 deaths. Ten thousand women have filed lawsuits and claims against the company, which has thus far paid out $220 million in compensation and $13 million in punitive...