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...Illinois to stock the pills in those states, Wal-Mart concluded that wasn't a battle worth waging anywhere else. "Rather than try to fight these [bouts] state by state, it just seemed like the right time to begin to sell emergency contraceptives," says Mona Williams, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman. The decision is the latest in a string of developments expanding access to emergency contraception, one of the few arenas in which abortion-rights groups seem to be gaining ground...
...great demand), it has nevertheless faced intense ideological pressure. ?We?ve had women?s groups who felt that we should be selling it; we?ve had conservative Christian organizations that felt Wal-Mart was the last one taking a stand again the drug,? says Mona Williams, a spokeswoman for the company. Wal-Mart has been considering the change for months; at a meeting in January of store managers, several lobbied for adding Plan B to the usual stock, arguing that the majority of Wal-Mart customers are women and would appreciate having it available...
...sounding offensive when he means to be provocative. Whether you like Summers or not (and I do, from my limited encounters with him), he always seemed to be making himself the story. Sometimes it was deliberate, as with the hiring of Tony Blair’s former press spokeswoman and ostentatious displays of his speeches on Harvard’s official website. But more often it seemed to be unconscious, like the people we all know who keep getting into embarrassing scrapes until you eventually realize that it’s their way of making themselves the center of attention...
...Entrepreneurial Program at HBS. The NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) established the program last year to help players plan for their lives following retirement. “The mission of the departments is to promote the off-the-field development of the players,” NFLPA spokeswoman Leslie Satchell said. “[The program] allows you to see a whole window of opportunities and then find your niche within it,” said Tank Williams of the Tennessee Titans. The program kicked off last spring with HBS and the Wharton School of the University...
...Siebach] was released on personal recognizance,” Middlesex District Attorney spokeswoman Emily LaGrassa said yesterday...