September 1998
Jill Abramson & Alison
Mitchell
"The Influence Industry
(Series)"
The New York Times
Times have never been better for
Washington's lobbyists, despite hostile congressional
investigations, gift bans, and a do-nothing government.
Abramson and Mitchell deftly analyze the grassroots
campaigning and insider-contacts lobbyists employ to woo
lawmakers to their side. .
David Wessel and Bob Davis
"Markets in Crisis (Series)"
The Wall Street Journal
As the worldwide economic crisis drags
on, it is becoming apparent that what worked in the 1995
Mexican bailout is not working for the rest of the world. In
this incisive series, three latter-day Keynesians offer
novel, albeit speculative and untested, solutions that fly
in the face of the current economic orthodoxy.
Rochelle Sharpe
" How a Drug Approved by the FDA
Turned
into a Lethal Failure"
The Wall Street
Journal
After the Federal Drug Administration
approved Duract, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories' potent
painkiller, patients started dying. The drug was pulled from
the shelves of the nation's pharmacies, but Sharpe provides
a frightening description of how corporate clout can
influence the FDA's approval procedure.
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