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Thus, if the consumer business were to be sold, or perhaps restructured into a JV contributing below Pfizer's operating line, it would likely have the effect of increasing gross margins and operating margins.


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SAMUEL BUTLER Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods
SAMUEL BUTLER To be at all is to be religious more or less
SAMUEL BUTLER Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
SAMUEL BUTLER The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his ...
SAMUEL BUTLER