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MANY of the emails that stream by the thousands into our mailbox have a quote or aphorism at the bottom, or, sometimes, an item of information that the sender wants to spread around.

Here’s one we found the other day: “The American Medical Association’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs is planning a $590,000 initiative to educate doctors about the ethical problems involved in accepting gifts from the drug industry. The initiative is funded by gifts from Eli Lilly and Company, GlaxoSmithKline, Inc., Pfizer, US Pharmaceutical Group, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Bayer Corporation, Procter and Gamble Company, and Wyeth Pharmaceutical.”

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