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What can be done? A simple solution would be to coax North Carolina and Virginia, the two biggest cigarette producers, into raising their per-pack taxes, thus eliminating the potential for profit. But that is not likely to happen; officials in those states think the problem is not that their taxes are too low but that taxes in Northern states are absurdly high. Says North Carolina Attorney General Rufus Edmisten: "I cannot justify spending countless hours looking for cigarette bootleggers who are not in violation of any of North Carolina's statutes." He is quite correct that they...
Distraught after his 1976 squad lost six of nine games and failed to produce a runner with more than 257 yards, Quaker coach Harry Gamble switched to a wishbone formation and a run-run-and-then-run-again philosophy this year, and sat back to see what would happen...
...national anthem played before baseball games, and Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" at football games. Well, Saturday night Bernard Brauchi, a clavichordist, will be giving a lecture and recital on the use and social role of the clavichord. The whole gala will begin at 8:30 and will happen in the Quincy House library. New clavichord sports will also be discussed...
...frustration, where Catholics and Protestants are neither appeased nor powerful, an ominous political sullenness has developed. The British government is in the curious position of being 'not wanted' and at the same time, "not unwanted." So far, this dislike has been tempered by the ever-present fear, "What will happen if the British pull out?" But time and patience are exhaustible. Inevitably, people will begin to desire "to fight it out," "to settle it once and for all"--in fact, such genocidal sentiments are often expressed by ordinary persons in private. If new initiatives are too long forthcoming from...
Even Carter's supporters, however, share the nagging doubt that the President has any comprehensive economic policy. Says Donald Kendall, chairman of PepsiCo: "We have a very confused ball game. There are big problems, and people don't know what will happen. With a Democratic Congress and a Democratic President, you'd think we would know where we were heading...