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    [Many drugs are prescribed outside their official recommendations, she says. Neurontin, for example, was initially approved only for epilepsy. But, after a slow start, it grew to become a $US2.3 billion ($3 billion today) blockbuster for its owner, Pfizer, in 2003.] About 80 per cent of the prescriptions were for unapproved uses - conditions like bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, restless legs syndrome, hot flashes, migraines and tension headaches, ... In fact, Neurontin has become a sort of all-purpose restorative for chronic discomfort of almost any type - yet there is almost no good published evidence that it works.

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Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it read more

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

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He had a really good save off a direct kick. They bent the ball around a (defensive) wall and he read more

He had a really good save off a direct kick. They bent the ball around a (defensive) wall and he made a diving save into the corner.

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Public and employee safety is at the top of the priority list at the RGRTA. Making technological advancements to our read more

Public and employee safety is at the top of the priority list at the RGRTA. Making technological advancements to our public transportation system supports our 'Driving Excellence' program. Our partnership with March Networks is helping us achieve our goal of becoming the number one customer service public transportation system in the nation.

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Really, (trainers) Rick Burkholder and Chris Peduzzi know more than I do,

Really, (trainers) Rick Burkholder and Chris Peduzzi know more than I do,

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The price we have to pay for all this is someplace. Early in the century, we're going to see a read more

The price we have to pay for all this is someplace. Early in the century, we're going to see a real good old-fashioned panic of the kind we haven't seen in a long time.

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I don't know how many people we're going to have participating, but if those people don't give 100 percent on read more

I don't know how many people we're going to have participating, but if those people don't give 100 percent on Friday, we will get embarrassed at home. If we don't come and run well, we'll be in a lot of trouble because there is a lot of talent coming.

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They had one of their low performances. We really took a few steps backward - steps we couldn't afford to read more

They had one of their low performances. We really took a few steps backward - steps we couldn't afford to take.

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My mom still eats meat. I will encourage her when it's appropriate to not eat meat. In fact, when we read more

My mom still eats meat. I will encourage her when it's appropriate to not eat meat. In fact, when we sit down at a table to eat, I don't hesitate to tell her how gross eating meat seems just as often as she nags me about my driving when we are in a car together.

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