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  • ...resent the necessary vindication for the commodification and privatization the world’s fresh water goods and services. ...ic value of water has led to wasteful and environmentally damaging uses of the resource” and therefore “managing water as an economic good is an impor
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  • ...''' ([[MEMRI]]) translates individually selected non-English articles with the intent of distributing them to media outlets free of charge.<ref name=BR>Br ...Washington, DC, and claims to have branch offices in major cities all over the world. As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, MEMRI is subsidized by US taxp
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  • ==The Organization== ...t.php About Us], Campus-Watch (Accessed: 25 September 2007)</ref> However, the agenda has little to do with America as professors are singled out for 'the
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  • ...event at the House of Commons in 2006 where Moonman is a leading light in the [[Association of Former Members of Parliament]]]] ...rs of Congress]], and the [[Inter-University Center for Legal Studies]] of the [[International Law Institute]].">qZVuwzbNcHQ</youtube>
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  • ...} In 2002, the ACCF opened an "affiliate" organisation in Brussels, called the [[International Council for Capital Formation]], which is run by Dr. [[Marg ...and Environmental Policies and U.S. Economic Growth" had been sponsored by the following:
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  • ...opean Sound Climate Policy Coalition''' is a nascent front group set up by the [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] According to the Independent:
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  • ...eoliberal and pro-market line. In September 2008 it dissolved itself into the new neoliberal think tank [[Reform Scotland]].<ref> Policy Institute [http: According to the account of Hartwig Pautz, a doctoral student at Glasgow Caledonian Universi
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  • ...n. (eds) (1995) ''The David Hume Institute. The First Decade.'' Edinburgh: The David Hume Institute p. 7</ref> ...Institute p. 2</ref> Peacock was the first Executive director and Elliot the first president.
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  • ...ractices with public affairs / lobbying division playing a leading role in the organisation. [[Alan Boyd]], the first convenor of ASPA, was clear that the organisation should act to resist democratic scrutiny and regulation of lob
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  • The '''Weir Group''' plc is a UK-listed engineering company. ...on the [[London Stock Exchange]] in 1947. According to its website in 2007 the company employed 'just under 8,000 people worldwide across five divisions,
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  • ...government. In 2007 the incoming SNP administration changed the name to [[The Scottish Government]]. ...is located in central Glasgow, and its European Office is located at Rond Point Schuman in Brussels, Belgium.
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  • ...d of activities were full time lobbyists. It is the Scottish 'chapter' of the [[International Association of Business and Parliament]], a company based i ...ecutive director of the [[Scottish Parliament Business Exchange]]. At that point he was described as Devin Scobie of [[Caledonia Consulting]].<ref>'Devin In
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  • ...l Association of Manufacturers]], but [[Frederick R. Kappel]], Chairman of the BC in 1963.&#39; {{ref|16}} ...Electric]], and [[Morgan Guaranty Trust]]. He was serving as Secretary of the Army when embarrassed by McCarthy on nationwide television.
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  • ...sney is involved in the actual political process due to its involvement in the media. ===Walt Disney in the Third world - Sweatshop Labour===
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  • Based in Wellington, New Zealand, the '''Life Sciences Network''' (LSN) is a well-heeled pro-biotech PR group whi ...ies/SC0310/S00119.htm] to have been instrumental in subsequently 'shifting the public and policy debate (on GM) onto a much sounder basis' and [http://www
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  • ...portant and vociferous anti-environmental think tanks in Washington, it is the main climate change-sceptical organisation in Washington as well as promoti ...r corporations opposed to safety and environmental regulations that affect the way they do business".<ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20011107223849/http
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  • ...intable.asp Rethinking the Think Tanks How industry-funded "experts" twist the environmental debate]Sierra Club magazine, Accessed 25 January 2011 </ref>< ...e other right-wing organisations it works with. To this end Cato says that the “Jeffersonian philosophy that animates Cato's work has increasingly come
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  • The firm&#39;s management has included: ...0829,00.html British guard firm ‘abused scared Iraqi shepherd boy’], ''The Observer'', November 14, 2004</ref>.
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  • ...ntal movement. Although it has not had an especial focus on the GM debate, the aggressive PR tactics that CDFE has promoted, as a means of attacking and s Since the late 1980's, CDFE has been at the center of the [[Wise Use Movement]].
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  • ...ons, clarifying world issues through research and analysis, and publishing the noted journal ''[[Foreign Affairs]]'' and related content online. ...l for Wilson in the peace negotiations. Their reports formed the basis for the [[Fourteen Points]], which outlined Wilson's strategy for peace after war's
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  • ...r," [[Monsanto]] UK's director of corporate affairs, [[Tony Combes]], told the Sunday Herald newspaper in June 2003.<ref>Rob Edwards, [http://www.robedwar :Genetically modified crops are the key to eradicating poverty and hunger in the Third World, says a leading African biotechnology expert.<ref>Chris Lackner
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  • ...omote controls relating to alcohol, tobacco, food safety, animal rights or the environment. Berman is behind numerous front groups that seek to prevent r ...Meet Rick Berman, A.K.A. "Dr. Evil"] accessed 12th November 2009 </ref>. The so called 'education' provided by Berman and friends comes from a distinctl
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  • ...chnology Industry Organization (BIO) was established in July of 1993 under the leadership of Carl B. Feldbaum. By 2004 it had grown from 16 employees and ...ural, industrial and environmental products. BIO's members are not only in the U.S. but in 33 other countries. Its members include AstraZeneca, Aventis,
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  • ...trition Foundation]] (BNF) is the key food industry front group in the UK. The BNF promotes itself as a source of impartial information, but it does not a The BNF claims to promote 'the nutritional wellbeing of society through the impartial interpretation and effective dissemination of scientifically base
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  • ...eaded by [[Lord David Sainsbury]]. Bowden was previously senior manager of the Royal Society's science policy division. ...The Guardian] of Nov 1, 1999, commenting on apparent efforts by members of the Royal Society to discredit and prevent publication of Dr Arpad Pusztai's re
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  • ...988-97), during which time the first GM foods were approved for the UK. In the 1980s he worked for a biotech company (Allelix Inc of Toronto) and until 19 ...IC). Both institutions have benefited from investment in GM research, with the JIC enjoying multi-million pound investments from biotechnology corporation
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  • ...ttinger Communications]], one of the largest public relations companies in the United Kingdom. It went into administration in September 2017. BPPA previously operated within the public relations division of [[Chime Communications]] plc, until a manageme
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  • The [[Atlantic Forum of Israel]] was founded in 2004 as a network-based policy ...9_Jul.pdf?docID=2961 Statement for the Record], Atlantic Forum of Israel & the American Jewish Congress], 9 July 2008.</ref>
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  • ...[[John Innes Centre]], is thought to come directly from industry although the JIC is considered highly industrially aligned. ...in Japan, the world's major marketplaces. Yes, we do find that it is often the best strategy to get into bed with these companies.' (Australian Broadcasti
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  • The '''Agricultural Biotechnology Support Program''' (ABSP) was managed origina ...rom the GRAIN report [http://www.grain.org/briefings/?id=191 USAID: Making the world hungry for GM crops]:
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  • ...is a professor of economics at the University of Houston, specialising in the role of technology in economic development and food production. ...'s [[AgBioView]] e-mail list where he has expressed his strong support for the ideas of other frequent contributors such as [[Alex Avery]] and '[[Andura S
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  • ...ng for power.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Preparing for Power: The Programme of the Revolutionary Communist Party'', London: [[Junius Publications]], first pub [[Image:The Red Front.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The cover of the [[RCP]]'s ''The Red Front: A platform for working class unity'', their 1987 election manife
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  • ...conomic development'. <ref> DFID [http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-us/History/ The creation of DfID], acc 12 December 2011 </ref> [[CDC]], formerly the Commonwealth Development Corporation, is the private equity arm of DfID.
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  • ...es], ranging from the largest biotechnology companies in Europe (including the European offices of US companies like Monsanto) to [http://www.europabio.or Members include all of the major European multinationals with significant biotechnology interests, suc
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  • {{Template:Lobbying_Portal_badge}}[[James Lundie]] (a.k.a Jamie) is the managing director and head of corporate communications at [[Barclays]] Bank ...tt]].<ref>[http://www.edelman.co.uk/files/edelman-budget-analysis-2009.pdf The Budget 2009 - An Edelman analysis], Edelman UK, accessed 29 May 2010.</ref>
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  • ...Care]] from 2007-2011, and between 2003-2004 he had a regular column in [[The Lancet]], for whom he contributed 31 articles in this period, contributing ...niser and as the party’s typesetter (1980-1993), in which he also argues the RCP were never in fact socialists:
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  • ...duction. Government minister Margaret Beckett reinforces the message that 'the Food Standards Agency... is very much an independent agency and an independ ...embers], FSA website, acc 27 May 2010</ref> but having stood down in 2013, the FSA appointed [[Tim Bennett]] as their new chair that same year.
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  • ...dered an expert on 'terrorism' and radicalisation. He is currently head of the [[Buckingham University Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies]] (BUC ...s College]], Oxford, and a DPhil also at Oxford University. He lectured at the [[University of Warwick]] before joining [[Brunel University]] on 1 October
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  • ...Andrews University. He was one of the foremost academic terrorologists in the UK and served as an active propagandist for Western state interests through ...ary 2003</ref> where he served for six years until 1965 when he retired at the rank of Flight Lieutenant.<ref>entry in ''Debrett's People of Today'' (Debr
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  • ==Perverting the foot and mouth vaccination plan== ...sly slaughtered, often under inhumane conditions. It could also have saved the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation, culling, and buri
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  • ...20030606005912300.htm 'it is unfit for cultivation and should be banned in the State']. ...e headline news in the UK, and was picked up in other media reports around the world.
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  • ...f the Washington DC-based [[Biotechnology Industry Organization]] (BIO) - the industry's major trade lobby which represents such corporate giants as Ave ...tory division of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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  • ...ted articles to [[PET]]'s weekly digest [[BioNews]]. He is associated with the [[LM network]]. ...n.ac.uk/people/gillott.html John Gillott], Open University, Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 8 October 2009 on 8 December 2013.</ref>
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  • ...& Knowlton''' (H&K) was for many years the largest PR and lobbying firm in the world. ...moral rudder'.<ref>Andrew Rowell, Green Backlash – Global Subversion of the Environment Movement, Routledge, 1996, p122</ref>
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  • ...othamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/cpi/ap.htm Rothamsted website], as such has taken on the responsibility of participating in media and public debates on GM crops and ...he is a member of the Panel of [[CropGen]], a pro-GM lobby group set up by the biotech industry. [[CropGen]] has also attracted several other scientists t
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  • ...e majority members of the House committee, sought advice at one point from the NAM&#39;s general counsel.* ...elite which have the function of attempting to influence the framework of the American polity.{{ref|domhoff}}
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  • In May 2006 [[Doug Powell]] took up a post as an associate professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine's department of diagnostic medicine and path ...cientific director for Guelph's [[Food Safety Network]], formerly known as the Agri-Food Risk Management and Communications Project, which Powell has atte
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  • ...ard to under-estimate the importance of this organization in understanding the overall framework for American foreign policy, I do not want to overemphasi ...s financial backing, the composition of its leadership and membership, and the presence of its members in federal government positions.
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  • ...e logo circa 2015, Credit: [https://bizgovsocfive.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/the-hudson-institute/ Business, Government and Society Five] ]] ...appeared from the Hudson Institute's website, but it can still be found on the WorthwhileLink.com website, at "[http://www.worthwhilelink.com/search/index
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  • '''Mick Hume''' is associated with the libertarian and anti-environmentalist [[LM network]]. [[File:Mick_Hume.jpg| ...f [[Brendan O'Neill]] but continues to write for Spiked. He also speaks at the [[Battle of Ideas]]. <ref>[http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/2010/s
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  • ...and for positing as inevitable both the empirical shifts it identified and the neo-liberal response. Hall is a leading ineffectual critic, suggesting that
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  • ...on Brian Walden <ref>Andy Beckett, ''When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies'' (London: Faber & Faber, 2009) p.275</ref></CENTER> ...a former right-wing Labour MP who later became the long time presenter of the Sunday current affairs programme ''[[Weekend World]]''. He was close to a
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  • ...he US Embassy in London from 1953 to 1959. Later European Co-ordinator for the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]]. ...uary of Mr Joseph Godson, Determined champion of Anglo-American relations, The Times, 6 September 1986.</ref>
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  • ...chairs the Annual [[Herzliya Conference]] Series. He is also an Advisor to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.<ref>[http://www.idc.ac.il/en ...in the Air Force.<ref>Uzi Arad: Out of the shadows, into the line of fire, The Jerusalem Post, 17 October 1997.</ref>
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  • ...former offices, Bedford Chambers, in London's Covent Garden, next door to the Rock Garden]] ...was previously director of the IEA's Environment and Technology Programme. The IPN is based in an office in Bedford Chambers in King Street, Covent Garden
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  • ...cedures for GM foods and chemicals for government regulators in the US and the EU. ...vernmental organisation (NGO) and has specialised consultative status with the FAO.<ref>[http://www.ilsi.org/Europe/Pages/MissionAndValues.aspx About ILSI
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  • ...10).<ref>[http://www.tsl.ac.uk/profile/jonathan-jones.asp Jonathan Jones], The Sainsbury Laboratory website, acc 9 Jun 2010</ref> ...th transgenic plants for 15 years, in the US and the UK. The more I do it, the less I worry about it.'<ref>Jonathan Jones, [http://www.independent.co.uk/a
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  • *[[Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies]] *[[Engaging with the Islamic World]]
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  • ...gical secretary of the [[Royal Society]], as well as a former president of the UK's [[Academy of Medical Sciences]]. ...ants for Food Use&#39;, it broadly concluded that the use of GM plants had the potential to offer benefits in agricultural practice, food quality, nutriti
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  • ...se About Science]], as well as being a Scientific Advisory Forum member of the [[Scientific Alliance]]. He has written articles on GM for a number of publ ...The Incorporation of 14C from Sodium Acetate-2-14C into the Amino Acids of the Soil-Inhabiting Nematode, caenorhabditis briggsae], Journal of Experimental
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  • ...y acted as a political organisation the Charity Commissioners investigated the IEA's status. ...'threat...from socialism'<ref>''The Independent'' 12 December 1990.</ref> The IPPR's [[Patricia Hewitt]] got together with Mather:
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  • ...unded by the [[Nuffield Foundation]], the [[Medical Research Council]] and the [[Wellcome Trust]]. ...ubts about the safety of GM foods. Their publication also followed hard on the heels of a British Medical Association report calling for an indefinite mor
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  • ==Who are the Power elite?== In his book ''The Power Elite'', C. Wright Mills noted that:
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  • ...ny [[PG Economics]] Ltd - "Independent and objective consultants servicing the agricultural, agricultural supply trade, rural and food industries".<ref>[h ...eports dealing with the economic and strategic issues of GMO crops through the food chain. These reports have generated company press releases such as:
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  • ...anda run by the British government's [[Central Office of Information]] for the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. ==The London Radio Service==
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  • ...thamsted Research]] Centre which, although principally publicly funded via the [[BBSRC]], lists [[Aventis]], [[DuPont]], [[Novartis]] and [[Syngenta]], as ...n a spoiler piece based on an attack by Prof Pickett, the only reviewer of the paper to publicly argue against publication.
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  • =='Aerial combat: The London Radio Service is the Foreign Office&#39;s least known propaganda unit, supplying foreign station ...]] in New York. This allows radio journalists to record the bulletins down the line for use in their own news programmes.
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  • '''Ingo Potrykus''' is the developer of 'Golden Rice' - a new yellow-tinted rice variety genetically e ...d as a scientific hero, but there are many who question its real value and the role played by Potrykus in promoting it.
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  • ...|thumb|right|200px|[[Regester Larkin]] logo, circa 2011<ref>Retrieved from the Regester Larkin Website on 2 May 2011, http://www.regesterlarkin.com/</ref> ...umb|right|600px|[[Regester Larkin]] homepage circa 2003<ref>Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 7 August 2003 http://replay.web.archive.org/20020807002
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  • ...though its main impetus in Europe seems to have come from pro US forces in the UK including those with close links to NATO and other Atlanticist groups. ...r debate about the relationship between America and Europe while promoting the benefits of a strong and stable Atlantic community of nations.
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  • ...1E - the office block also houses [[NHS England]] and the [[Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry]]]] ...st independently owned PR company with 46 offices and 50 affiliates around the world.
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  • ...ing firm now known as [[Fleishman Hillard]]. GPC was centrally involved in the 'Drapergate' scandal over cash-for-access. (See also [[GPC Scotland]]) ...ering access to ministers and senior civil servants in return for cash. Of the British Government, Draper said:
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  • ...al for a minister to stay in the same job so long. He was also a member of the cabinet biotechnology committee, [[Sci-Bio]], responsible for national poli Seen as a key nuclear proponent within Government.<ref>''The Guardian'' (2005) "Energy Review: Who's for, who's Against and Why", 30 Nov
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  • ...government, now the director of [[Grampian Holdings]]. As of 2007, SE was the parent body of 12 Local Enterprise Companies (LECs).<ref>"[http://www.oecd. ...en Hughes knocked on her door. Two years later the project was launched at the Dunblane Hydro.
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  • ...e Commonwealth Business Council, before heading on to Denmark and Germany. The farmers included Mr. Nhlela Phenious Gumede, Mr. Lazarous M. Sibiya, Ms. Th ...6/focus/efocus.htm According to Sithole], 'Bt maize has changed our lives. The emergent farmers' struggle for survival will be greatly reduced in future.
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  • ...]] edited by [[C S Prakash]] and some of them originated on servers inside the Missouri HQ of [[Monsanto]]. ...ter at the centre of a libel case involving Peter Melchett, Greenpeace and the ''Glasgow Herald''. <ref>[http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/researchst
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  • The [[Social Issues Research Centre]] (SIRC) calls itself ...reports.<ref>SIRC. [http://www.sirc.org/news/sirc_in_the_news.html SIRC in the news], Accessed 17 December 2009.</ref>
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  • ...APPC'', 24th May 2013, accessed 17 October 2014 </ref> and deputy chair of the [[European Centre for Public Affairs]]<ref name="MP"> [http://www.govknow.c ...Grayling ''The Independent'' newspaper reported Burrell revealing some of the industry's lobbying tactics:
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  • ...about Science]] are both part of the [[LM]] network and both studied under the [[LM]] network's leading light [[Frank Furedi]]. ....org/archive2.asp?arcid=6115 The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy and the New Fundamentalism] April 15 2005.</ref>:
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  • ...eproductive technologies: Ethics and infertility treatment: should we have the 'right to reproduce'] 1997, Kent University, ''Pro-Choice Forum'', accessed ...ed 5 March 2015.</ref>. Prior to this Tizzard was Deputy Head of Ethics at the [[British Medical Association]] ([[BMA]]), where she was responsible for 'p
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  • ...MPS has close ties to the network of [[think tanks]] sponsored in part by the [[Atlas Economic Research Foundation]]. ...#39;state ascendancy and Marxist or Keynesian planning [that was] sweeping the globe&#39;. Since then, 32 General and 27 Regional Meetings have been held
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  • ...political landscape of the post-war UK including the [[Economic League]], The [[Council on Foreign Relations]], [[Common Cause]] ==Part 1: Clearing the ground: the unions, socialism and the state==
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  • ...Kingdom. At present, there are around 4,000 communicators registered with the GCN website.<ref>Cabinet Office, "Government Communication Network", http:/ ...Blair administration's spin machine and to herald an end to spin. In fact the result has been that spin has been entrenched, old restraints on private se
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  • ...te about nuclear's place in global energy supply and how it can help power the world's economic development in a sustainable way". ...environmentally acceptable way of providing electricity" and "essential to the world’s continued development if serious climatic changes are to be avoid
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  • ...d organisations behind the campaign to build new nuclear power stations in the UK and worldwide. ...more nuclear power.[[File:HinkleyC z CCSA.jpg‎|525px|left|thumb|Hinkley Point C in Somerset, England. Source: Flickr/CCSA]]
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  • ...bes'' reports that Lader earned £200,000 in the year to December 2003 for the position.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromMk ...]] (Insurance Market), a Trustee of the [[British Museum]] and a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref>[http://www.wppinvestor.com/commentar
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  • ...tor of the [[Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence]] at the [[terrorexpertise:University of St. Andrews|University of St. Andrews]], an ...<ref>Michael Getler and Rick Atkinson, 'U.S. Watches for 'Human Bombs'', ''The Washington Post'', 13 December 1983</ref>
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  • ...y the alcohol industry that claims to promote social responsibility within the industry, primarily focusing on responsible marketing, labelling and speaki ...mangroup.org.uk/?pid=2&level=1 About US] accessed January 2010 </ref><ref> The Portman Group [http://www.portmangroup.org.uk/?pid=14&level=2 History] acce
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  • ...ube size="medium" align="right" caption="[[Robbie MacDuff]], then chair of the '''APPC''', speaks in Manchester September 2008">fdAVP1Q3JO8</youtube> ...on of an umbrella organisation to promote self-regulation in the industry: the [[UK Public Affairs Council]], launched in July 2010. APPC has a Scottish
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  • ==Attack is the best defence== ...utor agreed to do this; the sugar man was not to know that only two out of the several thousand copies had not yet been sent out.
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  • '''PPS''' is a multi-client lobbying firm specialising in the property and development industry. ...roup Ltd], accessed 13 November 2009</ref> With a strapline of 'working in the tougher areas of communications', PPS has more than once been accused of em
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  • ...fessional Political Consultants Scotland]], and in London as a Director of the British [[APPC]] (since 2005) and its Chair since 2008. ...viously he was partner at lobbying firm [[College Public Policy]], part of the [[College Hill]] communications group, having sold his lobbying firm [[Prec
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  • ...l and corporate PR and lobbying firm with offices in Europe, the US, Asia, the Middle East and South Africa. It was bought by business advisory firm [[FTI ...ng services group”. The Financial Times wrote that the deal underlies “the increasing value that corporate clients place on issues such as reputation
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  • ...e their expertise to develop a greater coherent effort in making sure that the [[FCO]] works closely and effectively with foreign powers'. ...iant [[UBS]]. He was the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the [[Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology|Office of Science and Tech
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  • ...radioactive waste. It was charged with finding a long-term repository for the waste that will remain deadly for millions of years. ...s staff and functions were integrated into the NDA in April 2007, at which point Nirex ceased trading as a separate entity.
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  • ...nd the FTSE 100. It operates in some 700 locations and 40 countries across the globe. <ref> [http://www.amec.com/documents/investors/6.6_financial_reports ...in 2012. In 2011, 70 per cent of AMEC's turnover was generated outside of the UK. Nuclear work was only eight per cent of its turnover. A similar percent
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  • {{Template:NuclearSpin}}'''The Communication Group''' is a London based PR and lobbying firm. [[File:Comms Group.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The Communication Group, 19 Buckingham Gate, SW1E]]
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  • ...ored a report - Future Foundations: towards a new culture in the NHS - for the right wing think tank [[Policy Exchange]]. ...nday investigation has revealed how the Prime Minister's wife arranged for the directors of a private medical firm to be given exclusive access to Downing
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  • ...ce last month, it&rsquo;s important we build on the momentum we created at the event for the more <b>equal</b> and <b>democratic</b> world we want to bring about. It&rs
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  • The Sunday Herald writes in May 1999: ...ai_n13939294 Friendly persuaders have to play by the rules] Sunday Herald, The, May 30, 1999 by Nic Outterside</ref>
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  • '''David Cairns''' (August 7, 1966 - May 9, 2011) was the Labour MP for Inverclyde from 2001 - 2011 and twice chair of [[Labour Frien ...ancreatitis and was survived by his partner [[Dermot Kehoe]] of [[BICOM]] (the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre).
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  • ...Department of Energy &ndash; in which capacity she's charged with managing the department's Office of Climate Change Policy. She studied at Georgetown Un :2004 present: Deputy Assistant Secretary for National Energy Policy at the U.S. Department of Energy.
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  • ...me to Neo-Con Network], Antiwar.com, 7 August 2003</ref> In 2006 he joined the hawkish [[Bipartisan Policy Center]] (BPC) and became its foreign policy di ...f> and has written several articles (most frequently in [[Bill Kristol]]'s the [[Weekly Standard]]) about US foreign policy in relation to oil and energy
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  • Referred to by the Daily Mail in 2003 as 'discreet', the Multinational Chairman's Group is extremely obscure.<ref>[http://home.plane ...reveal that in March 2013 UK foreign minister [[William Hague ]] met with the Multinational Chairman's Group (consisting of [[Rio Tinto]]/[[Vodafone]]/[[
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  • ...Kenneth M. Pollack]]. Pollack took over from [[Martin Indyk]], who founded the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]], an [[AIPAC]] think-tank. ...ww.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/05/10/100510fa_fact_bruck?currentPage=all "The Influencer"], ''New Yorker,'' 10 May 2010</ref>
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  • ...al for lobbying purposes. AquaFed’s second office is on avenue Hoche in the centre of Paris. ...AquaFed’s president is [[Gerard Payen]], the former CEO and chairman of the [[Ondeo Group]], Suez’ water division ; and [[Jack Moss]], Senior Water
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  • ...ward Bernays''' (November 22, 1891 - March 9, 1995) is regarded by many as the "father of [[Public Relations]]," although some people believe that title p ..., 2005 ed., p. 71.) He called this scientific technique of opinion-molding the "engineering of consent."
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  • ...British Empire and for his key influence on South African history, through the ruthless pursuit of British hegemony. ...l John Ready, former Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island and later the Isle of Man.
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  • ...unprecendented amount of money on advertising -struck the biggest deal in the UK’s advertising history- and expanded its outreach through TV, billboard ...ally women, the majority of Unilever’s customers) to its brands involves the exploration of e-commerce.
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  • ...advertising are very disturbing. How moral is advertising that appeals to the emotions, feelings like belonging or self-esteem? ...ions can promote their smaller, local brands. Branding is therefore one of the many factors perpetuating unfair competition. Libel and copyright laws are
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  • ...lso involved in providing intelligence, personnel and logistics support to the US and British military. ...which cites Fleurant, A., Perlo-Freeman, S., Wezeman, P. & Wezeman, S., ‘The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies, 2014’, SIPR
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  • ...the next big public theatre of the creulty and absurdity of U.S. politics: the Valerie Plame affair. ...nternational diplomatic support’ for the Global war on Terrorism and for the military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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  • ...before the merger 'promoting democratic renewal and active engagement in the political process'. * Bringing Power Closer to the People
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  • ...legislators and policy-makers to pursue corporate interests. It combinined the former [[Federation of British Industries]] (founded in 1916), [[British Em The CBI champions causes favourable to owners of British businesses.
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  • ...January 2005 and became a member of the 6 man commission when it replaced the Commissioner in October 2005. ...he dark cloud of shame; THE SFO, OFWAT AND A JUDGE ALL CONDEMN DEALINGS AT THE UTILITY GIANT' (6TH July 2008), Mail on Sunday, Accessed 8th August 2008 </
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  • ...roness Neville-Jones of Hutton Roof in the County of Cumbria on entry into the House of Lords in October 2007.<ref> Conservative Party website biography [ ...d down from this role in 2011. She also was given a permanent position on the UK government's newly created [[National Security Council]].<ref> No 10.gov
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  • The Northern Ireland Information Service is the Press and PR department of the [[Northern Ireland Office]]. According to one account of the history of the NIIS written in 1997:
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  • ...ect manager to the Allander Series team and was one of the contributors to the accompanying book'.<ref> Fraser of Allander Institute, [http://www.fraser.s ...Public Assets' '' co-published by the [[Fraser of Allander Institute]] and the [[Scottish Council Foundation]].
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  • ...more than 1,000 hours per week, in 28 languages, via shortwave, AM, FM and the Internet. RFE/RL's official mission statement is "To promote democratic val ...June 1949 in New York. RFE was the broadcasting arm of this organization. The headquarters was established in Munich and it transmitted its first short-w
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  • ...became the point man on the rescue of Pvt. [[Jessica Lynch]] and delivered the most memorable and sellable quote of Gulf War II: 'America doesn't leave it ...n was accused of denying jhournalists information and deceiving them about the 'rescue' of Pte [[Jessica Lynch]]. Here [[Michael Wolff]] of Vanity Fair g
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  • ...com/article/35243_Why_I_Parted_Ways_With_The_Right "Why I Parted Ways With The Right"], Little Green Footballs, 9 November 2009, accessed on 27 October 20 ...een described as follows by Brendan Bernhard, an author and contributor to the right-wing blog aggregator [[Pajamas Media]] which Johnson co-founded:<ref>
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  • From the American Center for Democracy [http://www.public-integrity.org/about/board. ...co-authored a book entitled <i>Endgame: Blueprint for Victory for Winning the War on Terror</i>.
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  • ...pened to Our Dream of Freedom''. Pirie describes the neoliberal reforms of the public sector as releasing people's creativity and creating pride in their ...dge]]. Following this Pirie moved to the United States where he worked for the [[House of Representatives]] in Washington DC, and was Distinguished Visiti
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  • ...iller Consultants''' is a PR and lobbying firm. In 2006, it became part of the [[Huntsworth]] Group, which is owned by Tory peer and David Cameron’s con ...r a high-profile campaign, where we help clients influence opinion through the media as well as in Parliament."<ref>[http://www.quillerconsult.co.uk/ourEx
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  • ...s founded in 1969 and has grown rapidly in recent years. It was floated on the stock exchange in October 2006. ...nd the company 'has more than 9,000 active government contracts and counts the Army, Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Administration amon
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  • '''Michael R. Gordon''' is the chief military correspondent for the ''[[New York Times]]''. ...t Iraq. In a mea culpa after the war, the ''New York Times'' blamed two of the Miller-Gordon articles for its overblown and misleaing coverage of Iraq.[ht
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  • ...monwealth Union]] and a founder of [[National Propaganda]] (later known as the [[Economic League]]). The following account is based on Mike Hughes profile of Hall in his book [http
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  • ...[[Economic League]] from 1926 to 1945 and acted as a Publicity Adviser to the League from until 1976. Mike Hughes writes: ...]] of the Foreign Office, the [[Political Warfare Executive]], Director of the [[Economic League]] for nineteen years and Publicity adviser for another tw
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  • ...al warming from carbon dioxide.<ref name="Michaels"/> The argument is that the Earth’s surface is 70% oceanic, therefore significantly influences global ...to achieve’, and he called the Interior Department’s intent on naming the polar bear an endangered species as a ‘political stunt’ because they we
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  • ==The propaganda wing of the US nuclear industry== ...nuclearpower.org.uk/reviews/index.php''Nuclear Power is not the Answer''], The New Press, 2006.</ref>
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  • ...the [[Scottish National Party]] MP for East Lothian having been elected in the 2015 general election. <ref> [http://www.snp.org/people/george-kerevan Geor ...t think tank the [[Policy Institute]] which is based inside the offices of the Scotsman.{{ref|PI}}
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  • ...iam Reginald Hall]]. Hall had been elected for a Liverpool constituency in the hastily called post-war election. {{ref|1}} ...hy and unreliable autobiography "Fifty Fighting Years". According to this, the Dean's Yard meeting had decided:
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  • ...e person of [[Lloyd George]], and less than their fair share of ministers. The Conservative and Unionist Party has always been an uncomfortable coalition ...during the inter war years: tariff reform, the integrity of the Empire and the Union, and later a generally misunderstood approach to continental fascism
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  • ...of raising awareness of the Zimbabwean crisis to new constituencies around the world. difference in raising consciousness and level of concern about the
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  • ...with [[David Bell (civil servant)|David Bell]] the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Children <ref> Civil Service [http://www.civilservice.gov.uk ...so chairman of the Trust that oversaw the Millenium Bridge which closed to the public after two days.
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  • ...ecutive director of the [[Scottish Parliament Business Exchange]]. At that point he was described as Devin Scobie of [[Caledonia Consulting]].<ref> 'Devin I ...t.uk/msp/crosspartygroups/documents/ScotchWhisky.pdf Cross-Party Groups in the Scottish Parliament- Registration Form], no date given, accessed 5th Octobe
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  • [[Written in Flames]] is a pamphlet published in 1987 which listed the names, jobs and addresses of British Corporate directors. It was accused by the [[Research Foundation for the Study of Terrorism]] of encouraging attacks on corporate leaders.
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  • ...government, lobbying the European Commission and the European Parliament, the ESA said. ...he UK's [[Coda Group]] (with Roche as its CEO), Finland's [[F-Secure]] and the Netherlands' [[LogicaCMG]].
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  • ...with C4C, the Innovation and Creativity Group is run by Simon Gentry from the [[Campbell Gentry]] headquarters in London. ...refore not make our list of supporters public. You also want us to respect the right of companies to make donations in private.”{{ref|6}}
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  • ...Together these banks could trace their history back down the centuries to the 1650's. ...nster Bank to enter the securities business butu exposed its activitied in the 'Blue Arrow Affair'.
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  • ...e Thatcher government, Scottish Tory Party treasurer, Scottish Business in the Community and director of Grampian Holdings. SE is the parent body of 14 Local Enterprise Companies (LECs).
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  • ...rter''' is the world's most sought after business guru and strategist, and the leading authority on competitive strategy and international competitiveness .... "Focusing on necessary strategies, he tailors his message to accommodate the unique needs of your audience".
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  • ...6013503/http://www.scl.cc/article.php?id=34> on 27 June 2012.)</ref> He is the older brother of [[Alex Oakes]]. According to ''The Independent'':
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  • ...le for helping to advise clients on strategic communications campaigns and the development of information operations capability {{ref|1}}. He served for 20 years in the [[British Army]], rising to the rank of Colonel.
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  • ...st farmers' organisation in England and Wales and an active lobby group in the UK. ...ss to politicians and the public. It says it is engaged in every aspect of the negotiations affecting farming.
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  • *Ilisu Dam Campaign Fighting the construction of the Turkish dam.See:http://www.ilisu.org.uk/ *Wimpey Raw Deal Individual campign against the housebuilder See: http://www.wimpeyrawdeal.com/
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  • ...]] (www.securitas.com.) still claims to be the largest security company in the world. ...ntury in Denmark, when [[Philip Sørensen]] and [[Marius Hogrefe]] founded the guarding company ‘[[København Fredriksberg Nattevagt]]’(1901), and [[S
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  • ...In August of 2000, Mr. Steere announced his intention to retire following the April 2001 shareholder meeting. The board also elected as directors, with three-year terms ending in 2004, Mr.
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  • ...f. Critics however, claim that prices are kept artificially high even when the initial investment is recovered. ...laim that high drug prices are needed to sustain research and development. The report documents that drug companies are spending more than twice as much o
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