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Walkaholic

SWIMMING UPSTREAM

Call me stubborn, but I refuse to take our little car to the grocery store even when it’s below freezing. I just don’t see the point in running fossil fuel through a combustible engine to go 5 blocks and back. Most of the rest of the world walks this earth with the legs they were […]

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Drugs

EVERYBODY’S BI-POLAR

I had one of those days. Wonderful and horrible kept swapping turns at the helm. When everything was going my way, I was up. When things stopped going my way, I was down. In fact, there were a few moments when I was downright livid with anger. I expect it’s the same with most people. […]

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Politics

BIG FACE vs. BIG NOSE

Da Bidze (BEE dzuh) is one term the Chinese use to refer to Westerners. It means Big Nose. Not only do the Chinese have smaller noses but they have bigger faces. As a society, they are very careful not to embarrass each other. Maintaining and giving Big Face is an important part of how they […]

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Drugs

PRESCRIPTION DRUG TWO-STEP

One Step Forward: The drug industry’s image problems are beginning to hurt pharmaceutical companies where it matters most – at the bottom line. >snip< “A lot of the demand that the industry has created over the years has been through promotion, and for that promotion to be effective, there has to be trust,” said Richard […]

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Politics

RIGHT ON TARGET

I see Bush took advantage of Veteran’s Day to do a little saber rattling in the direction of Syria. He’s doing a good job of following the agenda set up by PNAC (the Project for the New American Century.) Have you heard of the PNAC? It’s an organization dedicated to the vision of a new […]