The NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution division is responsible for the distribution of NBC Universal product to all forms of television within the U.S. and Canada.

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The American Society of Magazine Editors has rules governing paid product placement and other forms of advertising in editorial content, particularly on covers.

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The right is generally happy to devolve decisions about education or health care to the states, notes Charles Fried, a professor of law at Harvard and former solicitor-general, but not product-liability rules and other forms of business regulation.

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The system forms part of Amor's Chroma airport product suite.

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And increasingly over the last 20 years, various forms of media have done an excellent job selling their product and pitching these dramas to a national audience.

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In a big study, a Merck vaccine prevented early forms of cervical cancer from developing, bolstering hopes that the new product, called Gardasil, could strike a major blow against the disease and the sexually transmitted virus that causes it.

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Such sanctions can also be undermined by so-called "foreign availability" (or the ability of other foreign companies to step in and supply the same product) and constrain potentially useful people-to-people contact and other forms of bridge-building with potential adversaries or competitor nations.

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In a big study, a Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) vaccine prevented early forms of cervical cancer from developing, bolstering hopes that the new product, called Gardasil, could strike a major blow against the disease and the sexually transmitted virus that causes it.

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