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...solve the problem [in] whatever is the most reasonable and appropriate way,” Catalano said. “After we had enough information to believe this was the caller, we asked him to cease and desist, and there was an immediate dropoff of calls...
...general manager of Cosmetics King Ltd., explaining Clinton's appeal. "We wanted the Chinese President, but the government wouldn't allow it. America doesn't care." Don't be so sure. Informed about the ad, Robert Barnett, attorney for the former President, said he would write a cease-and-desist letter. "You can be 100% certain that this is unauthorized. The President and Senator Clinton have received dozens of requests to do endorsements and have turned all of them down...
...Laden, the U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia are the worst but not the only manifestation of U.S. ill will. Asked by CNN in 1997 whether their withdrawal would appease him, he said no. The holy war will not stop, he said, until the U.S. "desist[s] from aggressive intervention against Muslims in the whole world." Bin Laden counts as unacceptable the American military presence in other Arab states, including Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. He is offended by continued U.S. sanctions against Iraq as well as Syria, Sudan, Libya and Iran. And he objects to America's substantial...
...recent online-advertising forum in New York City. "I think they're terrible," said Richard Hopple, CEO of the online-ad company Unicast. New York Times Digital CEO Martin Nisenholtz said, "I'm sure people feel that these ads are very intrusive." So why not cease and desist? Because, says Jupiter Media Metrix analyst Marissa Gluck, with the online market so dismal, "advertisers and publishers are desperate to find something that works...
...Senate floor" from the Senator in question, says strategist Rick Davis. Illinois' Dick Durbin, whose vote was in question, at one point came up to McCain on the floor and, according to Davis, said, "Look, I'm going to vote with you guys. Tell your people to cease and desist...