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9.  Elizabeth Porter, "David Kessler's High-Wire Act on

Enforcement," Medical Industry Executive, January 1994, p.

20.  See also Robert Higgs, "Wrecking Ball: FDA Regulation

of Medical Devices," Cato Institute Policy Analysis no. 235,

August 7, 1995.

10. Quoted in ibid., p. 36.

11. Alan M. Slobodin, "The Real Problem with Health Care in

America: While Dr. David Kessler Fiddles, Medical Approvals

Lag and Americans Die," Legal Backgrounder 9, no. 36 (Octo-

ber 8, 1994): 2, quoting Neergaard, "Is Red Tape Sacrificing

U.S. Medicine?  Doctors, Companies Battle the FDA," The

Legal Intelligencer, August 30, 1994, p. 3.

12. Tom Hamburger and Mike Meyers, "Losing the Edge: Over-

seas Patients Reap the Benefits of U.S. Research While Those

Here Wait," Minneapolis Star Tribune, June 26, 1994, p. 1A.

13. Goldberg, "The Kessler Legacy at the FDA," p. 3.

14. Bill Clinton and Al Gore, "Reinventing Drug and Medical

Device Regulations," National Performance Review, April

1995, pp. 2-3.

15. Steve Langdon, "FDA Drug Approval Process May Undergo

Surgery," Congressional Quarterly Weekly, January 27, 1996,

p. 222.

16. Inspector Merrill is quoted in This Inventive Century:

The Incredible Journey of Underwriters Laboratories (North-

brook, Ill.: Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., 1994), p. 5.

17. All information comes from author's telephone conversa-

tions with UL personnel and from UL's 1992-1994 Annual

Reports.

18. Author's telephone conversations with Homer Pringle, UL

Legal Department.

19. 1994 Federal Income Tax Return, reported in Barry Meier,

"Sparks Fly over Industry Safety Test: Regulators Fault UL

on Standard for Device," New York Times, December 24, 1995.

20. Underwriters Laboratories, 1994 Annual Report, p. 16.

21. Author's telephone conversations with Homer Pringle, UL

Legal Department.