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...Like a Band-Aid being slowly, painfully pulled from a hair-covered forearm, tobacco companies in the past few years have faced a steady succession of product liability cases. Now a federal judge wants to pull the whole Band-Aid off in one swift tug. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein has ordered plaintiffs' lawyers and tobacco companies to discuss a single settlement to end all tobacco litigation in the nation, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The so-called "tobacco wars" have been a piecemeal affair so far, with many different types of plaintiffs dealing with different laws in different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A One-Time Tobacco Case — Close or No Cigar? | 4/20/2000 | See Source »

Melchiono describes the care that can be given from the inside of a mobile medical van as "Band-Aid medicine...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hot Chocolate and Hope: Medical Van Offers Homeless Teenagers a Warm Place | 4/5/2000 | See Source »

...Putnam says volunteering can sometimes act as too much of a band-aid for deeper social problems...

Author: By Benjamin P. Solomon-schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Applied Politics 101 | 2/2/2000 | See Source »

...work 20 hours a week for their shelter. What's wrong with that?" Still, homeless advocates argue that the hard-line laws brush aside the fundamental right to shelter recognized by cities, including New York, for the past decade. What's more, they contend, such approaches are only a Band-Aid. "The homeless problem is not just a housing issue but a mental-health issue, a domestic-violence issue and an economic issue," says Andrew Cuomo, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. His department released a major study last week supporting that argument. "The homeless label covers a plethora...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking Down On The Homeless | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...During this holiday season, we at FM urge you all to come together and brew holiday cheer. Draw on everything you've got to kindle the spirit even if means whistling the 1984 Band-Aid song "Do They Know It's Christmas? (Feed the World)." Put your hands to your ears like you're holding studio-quality headphones. Close your eyes. Now sway. Who are you? You're Simon LeBon! And by your side, Euro powerhouses: Paul Young ("Everytime you go away, you take a piece of me with you. . ."), Bono, George Michael, Boy George. It's not for Ethiopia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Groovy Train | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

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