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...hearing about their products - a sound investment considering that every $1,000 they spend translates to 24 new prescriptions, according to the House Commerce Committee. But as industry spending has soared, so has public scrutiny. Last week, at a day-long House subcommittee hearing, lawmakers pushed for tougher regulations, taking aim at seemingly deceptive ads by drug companies such as Pfizer and Merck. And on Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which mandates and monitors the content of drug ads, convened to discuss the issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Consumers Understand Drug Ads? | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

...have a game plan prepared. “I was going to fast the day before,” Tan said, “but I forgot.”At Leverett, the pace declined, as the competitors realized that crossing the finish line would be tougher than they had imagined.The two walked side by side to Mather. Arriving at the entrance to the concrete low-rise, DeSantis chivalrously opened the door for Tan. The two entered, together. The Mather House grille worker, Kecia Pugh, laughed when told how the products of her labor were being used...

Author: By Jessica L. Fleischer, Jun Li, and H. Zane B. Wruble, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Chickwich Challenge! | 5/14/2008 | See Source »

...when it comes to the nitty-gritty of McCain's policy recommendations on climate change, he doesn't quite make it. McCain might get an A for effort, and his "straight talk on climate change" might win him some independent support - but both Democratic candidates are pushing for tougher action than McCain is. He's greener than Bush, but that doesn't make him the green candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Green Is John McCain? | 5/12/2008 | See Source »

...opposition to make them among the strictest in the developed world. "I hate guns," he said at the time. "One of the things I don't admire about America is their slavish love of guns ... We do not want the American disease imported into Australia." Howard argued the tougher laws would make Australia safer. But 12 years on, new research suggests the government response to Port Arthur was a waste of public money and has made no difference to the country's gun-related death rates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australia's Gun Laws: Little Effect | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

...that their territory has fallen into ill repute. "Mistakes were made," Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Ferdi Soyer told TIME by e-mail. "We are determined to clean up our country and remove all these people who have done bad things." A settlement, if it materializes, would probably lead to tougher regulations and extradition treaties. Dervis Deniz, a former Economy Minister of the North, says it's high time: "The longer we stay isolated, the longer we attract the cowboys and gangsters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Run in Cyprus' Sun | 4/30/2008 | See Source »

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