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...with 10-oz., king-size bottles in the mid-1950s, many drinkers were beside themselves. If God had wanted Coke in 10-oz. bottles, he would not have created the traditional, green-hued 6l/2-oz. bottle. "People raised hell with me and said it didn't taste the same," said Crawford Johnson, president of Birmingham's Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United. "I told them, 'We put the same ingredients in it that we put in the little bottle.' But the difference between then and now is that we never took the 6½-oz. size off the market...
...trail, President Bush avoided getting specific on how he?d change Social Security, talking only in vague terms about an "ownership society" and his determination to grab hold of the "third rail of American politics." Showing voters a detailed plan on Social Security could have sent Bush back to Crawford, Texas permanently. But having avoided airing specific proposals during the election, whatever plans he now puts forward don?t carry much of a public mandate, and Republican members of Congress don't know if they can win reelection while supporting diverting money from Social Security to private accounts...
...create a new safety board to monitor drugs for unexpected side effects that show up after the drugs have gone on sale. Meanwhile, the Bush Administration finally moved to fill a one-year power vacuum at the top of the organization by nominating its acting chief, Dr. Lester Crawford, to be the FDA's permanent head...
...Crawford wasted no time signaling a change in direction. "Our culture is not to alarm the public," he told employees at a department briefing, referring to the agency's practice of keeping mum about apparent side effects until they have been scientifically confirmed. "That era has passed. What the public is demanding is to know as soon as we know...
...most aid. After U.N. relief coordinator Egeland lambasted rich countries for skimping on their assistance to the region, the White House lashed back. "I felt like the person who made that statement was very misguided and ill-informed," said President George W. Bush, speaking from his home in Crawford, Texas, three days after the earthquake. Why the delay? Because, White House aides say, the President does not like to "showboat" by speaking too soon after events like this. "He didn't want to go out there and just speak for speaking's sake," says an aide. Democrats made...