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...even longevity. Although cigarettes are not as appealing to the American public as they once were, cigarette taxes certainly are. All 50 states have passed taxes on cigarettes. Despite these taxes, 48 million Americans—many of them poor—still smoke today, and politicians are eager to help them light...
Lagemann said she has no specific agenda for now, but is eager to begin meeting with students and faculty to discuss changes...
Kropf saw limited action at third base last season, but is eager to show his mettle behind the plate. The 6’5 Kropf was recruited as a catcher and played games behind the plate over the summer...
...Meagher on stage and introduced him to the whole audience. “He’s looking for a new perspective,” Hrnicek declared. After the service was over, “I was like a magnet,” Meagher says. Beautiful girls introduced themselves, eager to meet “the new guy,” he says. “I was immersed, infatuated. I was kind of like a celebrity. The attention was very intoxicating.” Looking back, Meagher now considers all of the attention paid him merely a very clever...
...sure enough, a little over a year later the real draft notices arrived, calling up some 30,000 reservists for an assault on the major Palestinian towns on the West Bank. But Sharon confounded the assumptions of last year's election pranksters: Most of those drafted went willingly, eager for the opportunity to hit back at a wave of suicide bombings that has made everyday life in Israel unbearable...