"We all have a basic need for acceptance and approval by social groups, " says Orville Gilbert Brim, author of The Fame Motive: A Treatise on its Origin and Life Course.
He added that this new regulation could leave online pharmacies in the undesirable position of seeking approval from industry groups populated by traditional drugstores, which have no interest in facilitating online sales until they can get in the game themselves.
Under the terms of the deal, TXU said that it would not build eight of its 11 proposed coal-fired power plants, winning the approval of two key environmental groups, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense.