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...victims are discovered. Everyone knows everyone, and double homicides are rare. Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand) is the visibly pregnant, and apparantly naive, chief of police in Brainard. Her husband is a wildlife painter who brings her lunch every day and frets over a contract to design the three cent stamp...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Fargo' Provides Cold Comfort, Coen Style | 4/4/1996 | See Source »

Businesses that allegedly sold cigarettes to the undercover teens, such as the Hong Kong restaurant, will face stiff fines and risk having their tobacco licenses revoked. A 25-cent tobacco tax approved in a 1992 statewide referendum both funded the sting operation and made smoking more expensive for teens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Is Right To Stop Teen Smoking | 2/6/1996 | See Source »

...tobacco control program is funded by a 25 cent tobacco tax which was approved by voters in a 1992 statewide referendum. The Cambridge Department of Health and Hospitals received $113,000 in state funds this year, Andersen said...

Author: By C.r. Mcfadden, | Title: Tobacco Vendors Feel City's Pressure | 2/2/1996 | See Source »

Ironically, as Hughes himself pointed out, Mapplethorpe never got a cent from the NEA; the museum putting on his "The Perfect Moment" exhibit did. But the symbolism was enough to suffice. The artist, who died before the controversy reached its real boiling point, turned Jesse Helms and other politicians into kids at a peep show. For a brief moment in art history, "that bullwhip" was more famous than the Mona Lisa...

Author: By Daley C. Haggar, | Title: Portrait of the Artist as a Young (Flim-Flam) Man | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

...political figures with what he knows. The big question is: will he take all the blame personally or will he drag down other political and business figures?" Although there is no evidence that Kim accepted money from Roh, and the president insists he has taken "not a single cent" from Roh's funds, most Koreans seem to think he's lying: public opinion polls show that 74 percent believe he took money from Roh during the elections, and 70 percent think he is still receiving payments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROH IN JAIL | 11/16/1995 | See Source »

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