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HERE'S LOOKIN AT YOU
Playing with mirrors again | Reflective surfaces only provide a tease to what's there | Even then, the content is illusory ~ deceptive |
     My work puts me in constant contact with metaphorical landscapes, inhabited by others, delusional in content by the standards of others but nonetheless real ~ and oft times frightening |

     One man is caught up battles long ago considered over by his adversaries / a woman gets justifiably terrified by a kid [22 years in age] who wraps chains around his hands in a menacing way / another soul, caught up in a swirl of words and language appearing to him as one of Christo's constructions on a hill |

     How do we converse? What brings us closer to resolution? When we who purport to be healers don't even realize that world behind the mirror's surface | Alice in Wonderland had it easier | She knew she was in another realm |

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DRUG WARS
Merck dumps VIOXX | Merck makes a STUNNING announcement this morning: The voluntary withdrawal of VIOXX from its WORLDWIDE market. In opening trading on the NYSE, Merck, a DOW component, is trading down about $12.00 | The drugmaker says a study evaluating the efficacy of Vioxx in preventing recurrence of colorectal polyps showed an increased risk for confirmed cardiovascular events |
     Some history, appearing to be contradictory:
• 08 sep 04 FDA Approves VIOXX for child arthritis [The Street.com]
• 26 aug 04 Merck faces challenges from lawsuits [Forbes]
• 26 aug 04 VIOXX suffers a setback [Business Week]

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