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A. In __The Truth About the Drug Companies__, Marcia Angell uses several different techniques and stradegies to help readers understand what the drug companies keep a secret. One stradegy she used was looking to facts and numbers to get her point across. When measuring trhe amount of innovative new drugs within a given time period, she used percentages to represent drugs. Angell also uses quotes from the people involved to twist up and make her readers support her beliefs.======

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B. This book exhibits the hidden schemes and negative aspects of the pharmaceutical industry. It tells us that drug companies have less to do with research and developement of new drug than we might think, the cost of making new drugs is too high to seem reasonable, and the amount of creative, successful ideas for new drugs has been scarce. Also, companies keep producing "me-too" drugs so they can go the esier, cheaper route,======