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' " During a conference call with analysts at which Merck discussed its third-quarter earnings report , general counsel Kenneth Frazier said the company was sure its strategy of fighting every lawsuit remains correct . Over the course of the semester , we will examine major political and social developments - - the Catholic Emancipation movement of the 1820s , the potato famine of the 1840s , the land wars of the 1870s , the Home Rule movement that began in the 1880s - - alongside the literature that defined the Irish to themselves and to the English . " We feel very much vindicated , " Merck general counsel Kenneth Frazier said . Death cases generate more emotion with jurors , Seeger said.Andy Birchfield , co-lead counsel in an upcoming federal Vioxx case along with Seeger , called the short-term use issue a red herring thrown out by Merck . ATLANTIC CITY ( AP ) The judge in the second Vioxx product liability trial delivered a stunning blow to Merck on Friday morning when she struck the testimony of its first defense witness from the record.With the jury outside , Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee said she felt misled and sickened upon rereading the transcript of Thursday 's testimony by a Merck researcher who said studies by the company in the late 1990s showed the pain reliever would not cause heart damage.Higbee struck the testimony of Merck researcher Dr. Briggs Morrison from the record because she said he is not an expert on the studies he had told the jury about Thursday , nor did Merck give the court sufficient notice about what he would discuss . " The way cultural institutions participate in the political environment is an important factor , beyond just issues of funding , " he explained . " The ' fun factor ' is something we're almost afraid to talk about in the cultural world , " she said . This intrusion of the first Romilly 's prototype into his thought again was a factor that for the moment brought his inquiry into the nature of his problem to a termination ; the mere thought of Elsie was fatal to anything abstract . Catholic Emancipation movement of the 1820s , the potato famine of the 1840s , the land wars of the 1870s , the Home Rule movement that began in the 1880s - - alongside the literature that defined the Irish to themselves and to the English . " Foundation , said she was pleased by these top trends because " it shows an awareness of the need to be relevant to a community and to an audience , " other people , such as Jay Calvert , were surprised that certain audiences - - especially the Baby Boomers - - were n't identified as a major factor in shaping cultural-heritage resources . " I feel pretty good , " said lead counsel Diane Sullivan .