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Donald Ian Rankin

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13. Don't jeopardise future victories

Reply to niyad (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 3, 2012, 12:44 PM

Feb 2012

If the response to decisions like this is positive, other companies in similar positions will think "yes, we have something to gain by giving in".

If it is negative, they won't.

Komen has, in the end (or at least, for now), done the right thing, and this should be acknowledged.

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