“Management’ll never go for it. First, it’s live-animal research, which is controversial. Management hates controversy. Second, it’s something innovative, which means Management will hate it on principle.”

—  Connie Willis, Bellwether

Source: Bellwether (1996), Chapter 4 “Rapids”, Section 2 (p. 151)

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