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Nearly 13,000 Americans die in traffic accidents every year. Now Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is opening a new front in its war on drunk drivers, and it's getting help from the Alliance for Automobile Manufacturers and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety...
...That's what the committee's conclusions represent - a strong message that as safe as acetaminophen is, it can be made safer, to help people avoid accidental overdoses. McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Tylenol's manufacturer, disagrees, citing 150 clinical studies on the drug's safety if taken as recommended. In a statement, the company said, "McNeil Consumer Healthcare strongly disagrees with the committee's recommendation. McNeil Consumer Healthcare believes that this recommendation is likely to lead to more serious adverse events as consumers shift to other over-the-counter products ... in search of pain relief." (See the most common hospital mishaps...
...course, this didn’t bother me in the least. But it might help explain why the first exchange with one of the host “mothers” went something like this...
...Kennedy School eliminated 30 administrative positions and 17 adjunct faculty positions, half through staff attrition and half through direct layoffs, to help close a $5.6 million deficit exposed during the bear market...
...letter, Ellwood emphasized that the University would "do everything possible to help and support those who are laid off" by providing 60 days of full pay and benefits, other severance benefits, continued medical and dental benefits for a year and a half, and job placement support. He also noted that HKS would "pay special attention" to those affected by layoffs in filling new job positions...