When women have trouble breast-feeding, they are often confronted with two divergent directives: well-meaning lactation consultants urge them to try harder, while some doctors might advise them to simply give up and go the bottle-and-formula route.

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Many firms such as BASF in Germany are offering to match their staffs' donations, while some European mobile phone companies say they will give up to one euro for every text message sent to a crisis hotline.

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Research has shown that more than a quarter (28%) of all adults smoke, while 43% have tried to give up at some point - and around one fifth (21%) are trying to do so now.

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They tend to argue that it would be worth our while to give up our deterrent if that is the necessary price for dissuading even some nations around the world from acquiring chemical weapons.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Submitted Testimony Of Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. Before A Joint Hearing Of The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee And The Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations