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...starters, Washington is a friendlier town. Attorney General John Ashcroft opposed the Clinton suit when he was a Senator and shows little zeal for prosecuting the industry further. Another round of federal excise taxes, championed by Clinton, is not in the offing. To pre-empt harsher regulations and win protection against future lawsuits, Philip Morris is even asking Congress to grant the FDA limited oversight. Such longtime foes as Illinois Senator Dick Durbin are nonplussed. "It's laughable," he says, referring to the DOJ's settlement talks. "In a real negotiation, they could have included [FDA] regulation with teeth...
...means of claiming the diplomatic high ground. To the extent that it holds, he can also claim to be delivering on his promise to Israeli voters to restore their sense of security. And if it fails, he'll use that to demand diplomatic support for an even harsher crackdown on the Palestinians...
Fair enough. But the White House is taking pains to get its story straight. At a meeting in economic adviser Larry Lindsey's office, aides were told to use the poll-approved "price caps" in place of the harsher "price controls." Republicans on Capitol Hill are thumbing through their thesauruses for other ways to describe the abrupt change of course. To some, the idea of telling their allies in the energy industry to give back their "unearned enrichment" seems more palatable than slapping them for "price gouging." And for those who find "caps" too strong to take, there's always...
...disappointed and surprised,” said attorney John D. Fitzpatrick of the harsher-than-expected punishment. Fitzpatrick and Law School professor Lani Guinier represented the four students...
...there other factors? Defense attorneys might offer a different argument: Since the bulk of the drop-off in juvenile crime predates most states? embrace of harsher penalties for young offenders, it is disingenuous to assume any connection between...