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...switch to a multimedia format has allowed the cases presented to include much more information than before and to represent better the complexities of business situations...
...Richard Nixon saved his vice-presidential campaign against charges of financial wrongdoing by declaring that his wife wore "a respectable Republican cloth coat" and defiantly vowing to let his kids keep "a little cocker spaniel dog" named Checkers. Now political operatives watch the declining ratings for the traditional convention format and conclude, rationally enough, that the public's taste has changed, that it wants to "feel" the data rather than think about them. And, in the spirit of those Hollywood bigwigs they so roundly condemn, they are more than willing to endure the raised eyebrows of the press...
...last summer, are likely to be tied up in the courts for years. If they take effect, cigarette sales would require a photo I.D. offering proof of age. In magazines read by a significant number of teens, tobacco ads would be limited to a black-and-white, all-text format--no photographs, no cartoon camels with phallic snouts. The same rules would apply to billboards, which would be banned entirely within 1,000 ft. of schools or playgrounds. Sponsorship at sporting events would be forbidden. Likewise tobacco-brand-name logos on products such as hats, T shirts and gym bags...
...number of teen smokers by 50 percent within seven years. Photo ID will be required to buy cigarettes, while vending machines will be eliminated in all but adults-only spots where minors cannot venture. Advertisements in teen magazines are restricted to a deliberately drab black and white text-only format. Billboards advertising tobacco products are subject to the same rules, and none are allowed within 1,000 feet of schools or playgrounds. After fashioning this policy missile, the Clinton camp hurled it right at Bob Dole, who half-heartedly defended tobacco last month, questioning whether it was really addictive...
When Barnett was 13, she cut some unreleased sides for veteran producer Jimmy Bowen, yet another relic of the rockabilly years. Five years later, she was starring in Always, and transcending the kitsch format (a fan recalling her brushes with Patsy's greatness) by interpreting 18 Cline songs faithfully and imaginatively; she'd slow down the tempo, tease out the vowel sounds even further, add an Ozark twang that you won't hear on Patsy's records. Now an ancient 20, Barnett has her own, self-titled CD (Asylum). It stands as both a votive offering to her idol...