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Regulatory approaches have to fit societal preferences.(Consumer Affairs)
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European Affairs
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June 22, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 The European Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Conventional wisdom holds this syllogism about prescription drugs: they cost much more in the United States than in Europe; the price differential is due to European governments' desire to keep down costs to their health-care spending; and the long-term effect is driving corporate research and development on new drugs to the United States, where companies can charge higher prices and earn big profits for innovative products.
On examination, it proves hard to demonstrate a systematic pattern of stark, one-sided Transatlantic difference in drug costs. Gretchen Jacobson's article delineates policy tools used on both sides of the Atlantic. Her factual survey is a starting ...
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Results of United States Open Track and Field Meet
Xinhua News Agency;
June 9, 2002 ;
380 words
...Following are the results from the United States Open track meet in Stanford, California...Nevis, 10.18 seconds 2. Marcus Brunson, United States, 10.21 3. Aziz Zakari, Ghana, 10.26...45.54 800-meter 1. Derrick Peterson, United States, 1 minute, 47.18 seconds 2. Otukile...
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General strategies: how the United States makes war.(... Eliot Cohen...
Harvard International Review;
September 22, 2003 ;
787 words
...Recently you have written about the United States as a reluctant warrior in international affairs...power in the many different dimensions that the United States has today. The United States possesses not just the largest economy ever...
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Force Divider: How military technology makes the United States even more...
Foreign Policy;
January 1, 2002 ;
Meilinger, Phillip S.;
787 words
...When critics fault the United States for its tendency to launch unilateral...realms of air and space, the United States so outstrips its allies that...allies and friends, exposing the United States to more strident global criticism...
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United States-Germany Sums
AP Online;
February 12, 2002 ;
177 words
...00-00-0000 United States 2 4 4 _10 Germany 0 0 0 _ 0 First Period_1, United States, K. Bye (J. Potter, T. Mounsey), 6:16. 2, United States, L. Baker (C. Bailey, K. Bye), 15:05. Penalties_A. Ruggiero, United States, (high-sticking), 10:43J. Schreckenbach...
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United States 8, Belarus 1
AP Online;
February 18, 2002 ;
177 words
...00-00-0000 United States 0 3 5 _8 Belarus 1 0 0 _1 First Period_1, Belarus...Tsyplakov, O. Khmyl), 0:20. Penalties_J. LeClair, United States (holding), 6:00B. Hull, United States (illegal equipment), 12:25V. Kopat, Belarus (hooking...
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Cuba: Chapter 4F. Relations with the United States
Countries of the World;
James D. Rudolf;
787 words
...00-00-0000 Chapter 4F. Relations with the United States Relations between Cuba and the United States deteriorated rapidly after 1959. On October 19, 1960, the United States instituted an economic blockade, banning all exports...
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Japan: Chapter 6B. Relations with the United States
Countries of the World;
Toshio George Tsukahira;
787 words
...00-00-0000 Chapter 6B. Relations with the United States United States-Japanese relations in 1981 remained basically...the loss of two seamen in a collision with a United States nuclear- powered submarine; a political uproar...
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Ice hockey: United States 6, Finland 0
AP Worldstream;
February 16, 2002 ;
179 words
...00-00-0000 United States 0 3 3 _6 Finland 0 0 0 _0 First Period_No Goals...cross-checking), 19:47. Second Period_1. United States, S. Young (B. Rolston, G. Suter), 9:45. 2. United States, J. LeClair (B. Hull), 16:16. 3. United States...
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Finding common ground: competing US and European interests. (Perspectives...
Harvard International Review;
January 1, 2003 ;
Tucker, David;
787 words
...Robert Kagan argues that the United States and Europe embrace completely different...sustained through treaty and mediation. The United States, in contrast, believes that international...European powers were strong and the United States was weak, the orientation of the United...
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Caribbean Commonwealth: Chapter 1B. The United States Presence in the...
Countries of the World;
Rex A. Hudson;
787 words
...00-00-0000 Chapter 1B. The United States Presence in the Region Both Britain and the United States had diplomatic representation in the...post-1983 diplomatic representation of the United States in the Commonwealth Caribbean islands...
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HKW: Olympic women's ice hockey: United States 12 China 1
AAP Sports News (Australia);
February 15, 2002 ;
183 words
...00-00-0000 HKW: Olympic women's ice hockey: United States 12 China 1 United States 12 China 1 United States: 3 - 5 - 4 - 12 China: 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 1st period Goals - United States (Granato assist...
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United States 4, Finland 0
AP Online;
February 20, 2006 ;
221 words
...AP Online 02-20-2006 Finland 0 0 0 _0 United States 3 1 0 _4 First Period_1, United States, Kelly Stephens (Julie Chu, Natalie Darwitz), 2:32 (pp). 2, United States, Katie King (Helen Resor), 8:09. 3, United States, Katie King (Jenny Potter...
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Panama: Chapter 1C. The United States Protectorate
Countries of the World;
Dennis M. Hanratty, Sandra W. Meditz;
787 words
...00-00-0000 Chapter 1C. The United States Protectorate The 1903 Treaty and Qualified...President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States needed to control a canal somewhere...was not ratified in Bogota, and the United States, determined to construct a canal across...
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Panama: Chapter 5C. United States Forces in Panama
Countries of the World;
Dennis M. Hanratty, Sandra W. Meditz;
787 words
...00-00-0000 Chapter 5C. United States Forces in Panama United States military forces have been present in Panama since...s revolt. Even before completion of the canal, United States soldiers or marines occasionally intervened in...
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SOC: Facts and figures for Poland v United States
AAP Sports News (Australia);
June 13, 2002 ;
228 words
......SOC: Facts and figures for Poland v United States YOKOHAMA, Japan, June 13 Reuters...group D soccer match between Poland and United States: Match venue : Taejon, South Korea...1130 GMT Coaches: Poland - Jerzy Engel United States - Bruce Arena World ranking : Poland...
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