Word: reportable
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...government says it is having to act to prevent its prize pupil from being beaten up. Because of Smith & Wesson's actions, according to a report in Thursday's New York Times, gun distributors and wholesalers are excluding its products from their stores and shows, and have made it clear the company is unwelcome at shooting matches. The company's legal counsel, which counts other gun makers among its clients, announced it would no longer represent Smith & Wesson. In response to this apparent stonewall - which the gun industry says is not coordinated - the government has moved quickly, launching antitrust investigations...
...AquAdvantage fish, which reaches adult size in half the time otherwise required, the prospect of doubling production without increasing the use of coastal waters and with less use of fish feed represents a true benefit to consumers and ocean ecology. The media need to accept the challenge and report on gene modification of foods in a way that creates an enlightened debate. ELLIOT ENTIS, PRESIDENT A/F Protein, Inc. Waltham, Mass...
...Beat is less about crime fighting than peacekeeping, civic and personal. Its hunky heroes spend more time wrestling with internal demons than with crooks; on the job, they report pigeon murders and settle traffic disputes. These are sensitive cops for the post-Diallo era (and shadowing their actions are protests over the death, in custody, of a black suspect...
...STAYING Rather than move to sunny states like Arizona and Florida, most of America's 78 million baby boomers will retire in the metropolitan areas where they spent their peak career years, according to a recent report released by the Milken Institute. Demographers also predict that greater wealth and fewer children will allow many retiring boomers to enjoy a post-professional lifestyle lusher than any previous generation...
VICTORIOUS VENOM More than half a million patients each year have their clogged arteries Roto-Rootered with balloon angioplasty. Now researchers report that a new clot-busting drug, Integrilin, derived from--hiss!--snake venom, can cut the risk of death and heart attack 40% during the first 48 hours after angioplasty. Integrilin, like its top rival ReoPro, belongs to the "superaspirin" class of drugs. There's at least one difference: ReoPro costs $1,500; Integrilin...