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...ready to cave in, the tobacco giants call the agreement a lot of huffing and puffing and a desperate ploy by Liggett boss Bennett LeBow to cut his losses and possibly force another cigarette maker to buy him out. Liggett's deal is transferable to any acquiring tobacco company except Philip Morris. "The only ones who potentially benefit from LeBow's latest shenanigans are plaintiffs' lawyers," said a joint statement from the four major cigarette makers (Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson Tobacco and Lorillard), who account for 98% of U.S. tobacco sales. Through the first nine months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SMOKING GUN | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

...state court decision subject to being overruled by a majority vote of each house of Congress." True, Judge Bork does tend to be one of those who looks left and sees Attila, but his book is endorsed on the back cover by such conventionally "mainstream" conservatives as Bill Bennett and Senator Chuck Grassley...

Author: By Eric M. Nelson, | Title: A Visiting Justice | 3/8/1997 | See Source »

...Democrats, enough, possibly, to override a veto." Seeking to turn up the heat, the Christian Coalition has launched a grassroots lobbying campaign targeting up to 100 congressional districts in 36 states. Meanwhile, the Family Research Council also is running radio ads featuring pleas from GOP conservatives William Bennett and Jack Kemp for Congress to pass the bill quickly. After Fitzsimmons' surprise announcement, that's beginning to look more likely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Round Two | 3/5/1997 | See Source »

...family. Some neighbors were ignorant of his past. Others felt sure Singleton had put it behind him. He proffered small gifts and helped out with tasks. "He was the kind of person who, when his cat walked on my car, would wash the whole car," says Corene Bennett, who lives next door. "We fixed him a plate for Thanksgiving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A RECURRING NIGHTMARE | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

Star Wars is simply William Bennett's Book of Virtues set in "a galaxy far, far away." Both are incredibly successful because our chaotic cosmos longs for the moral "force" of courage, loyalty, discipline, justice, love and faith. May those forces be with us all! JAMES WATKINS LaOtto, Indiana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 3, 1997 | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

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