Many flights have been cancelled as a result, and as the planes remain grounded amid an ongoing investigation, there have been fears over the impact on airlines' profits.

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There have been huge pressure to recruit massive numbers of overseas students and they have gone in for rather desperate searches for profits at all costs.

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And of course, especially with the non-profits such as Komen, there are passionate people involved who have been profoundly affected by their experience with the disease, and their emotions play deeply into the decisions those organizations make.

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