Theseobjections aresimilar to thosevoiced by practitionersthirtyyears ago, whenthey resistedusinghigh-levelprogramminglanguagesbecauseofperformanceconcerns.
Dean noted the administration blocked attempts to ban from the food supply beef from cows slaughtered whenthey were unable to walk -- a symptom of the disease -- and resisted efforts to create a better system to track cows.