Word: cottons
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...penalty for smoking pot in Alabama is up to 99 years in prison. But that hasn't stopped the Cotton State--along with Mississippi and Georgia--from siding with California in its battle to keep medical marijuana legal. All three filed briefs supporting Left Coast medipot users before the U.S. Supreme Court, which will hear arguments on Nov. 29 on whether patients can cultivate and possess physician-prescribed cannabis. "We happen to believe California's medical-marijuana policy is misguided," says Alabama solicitor general Kevin Newsom. "But this isn't about the drug war. It's about states' rights...
...witty script on the Gildan Activewear Ultra-Cotton Heavyweight T-shirt does just that. The front reads “BAN THIS” in large, clear lettering. On the back: “We may not have kegs, but you still go to Yale.” Next to this powerful message stands the beloved AOL man holding a beautifully illustrated beer bong...
...These are the jobs that burn people out,” said Raymond D. Cotton, a Washington attorney who specializes in university presidents’ contracts...
Less prestigious schools may have to compensate for their lack of cachet by paying heftier salaries, Cotton said. And private donors are pitching in to help large public universities foot the bill for top-notch presidents. For example, Mark G. Yudof, the University of Texas chief, receives nearly 90 percent of his $651,000 compensation package from private sources...
...Someone like [Summers] could command at least 10 times what he’s making at Harvard if he were head of a similar-sized for-profit organization,” Cotton said...