Word: caps
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...such thing as a safe cigarette," Enzi said in a release. "Proposals to have FDA regulate tobacco are a misguided attempt to force a deadly product into the regulatory structure developed for drugs and devices - products which do have health benefits." Enzi Thursday introduced his own legislation to "cap and trade" tobacco products in order to shrink U.S. use of tobacco products to 2% of the population over 20 years...
...Mexico or China. Customers are unlikely to care-or know-whether their computer program was written in India or the U.S. For customers, it doesn't make much difference if their tax preparer, telephone operator or loan processor wears a sari and works in Delhi or wears a baseball cap and works in Baltimore...
...Besides risking the defacing of the pristine beauty of the North Polar cap by oil rigs and pipelines, some believe Russia's planned expansion will threaten their own interests. In May, U.S. Senator Richard Lugar told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Russia claiming the hydrocarbon-rich area would be to the detriment of U.S. interests. Unless Washington ratifies the U.N. Maritime Convention, pending since 1982, the Senator explained, the U.S. will have no say whatsoever in the dispute - it won't even have a seat on the International Seabed Authority that monitors nations' compliance with the U.N. Maritime convention...
...Last January, Lalas, his coach and other Galaxy executives began discussing who, if they had carte blanche, they would they want to add to their roster. While the MLS has a salary cap, they wanted to capitalize on a new rule (now commonly known as the "Beckham Rule"), which allows teams to designate one player whose salary doesn't count against the cap. Beckham topped their wish list because of his popularity in England, Europe and Asia, where his hairstyle and fashion sense can create instant pop-culture trends. Like Michael Jordan, Beckham transcends soccer, and the worldwide attention...
...sporting baseball hats, baggy trousers and colored scarves, are armed and hyper-aggressive, and speak in a rapper idiom straight out of south-central Los Angeles. Ott mimics their delivery: "I'd like to say to these kids, 'Hey, wake up, bro. You are not going to bust a cap in my mo'fo' ass. You live in a suburban street in Counties Manukau...