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...second indictment unsealed yesterday in Tampa accuses Noriega of conspiracy to import, distribute and attempt to import in excess of one million pounds of marijuana...
...living room walls is a complete microfiche copy of the Koran, the sacred text of the Islamic religion, and Mylroie also owns several pieces of Middle Eastern furniture. "That's one of the payoffs--you get to pick up theses things other people can only get at expensive import shops," she says...
...done the most to get him back in the race. He shot up to 15% in a Gallup poll of New Hampshire Republicans after running an ad painting Bush and Dole as closet advocates of higher taxes. Another Kemp commercial attacked the two front runners for supporting an oil-import fee. Then in Iowa last week, Kemp unleashed a visually powerful ad that showed him rescuing Social Security from the clutches of Dole and Bush...
...fairness to Simon and Hart, there is another revenue producer in both of their deficit plans: oil-import fees. This is, in effect, a hidden tax; it raises gasoline prices at the pump without being directly visible to consumers. That is part of the reason that support for duties on imported oil cuts across the political spectrum, having won the endorsement of Gephardt, Gore and Dole as well. The rest of the equation is simply regional politics: such fees would amount to a windfall for domestic producers in Super Tuesday states like Texas and Louisiana by allowing them to raise...
...while the average movie junket generally carries less global import then, say, a world war, or even--surprise--a baby vomiting in Buffalo, there are several salient features of the junket experience that may redeem it for some people. For example, the booze, which is free, or the deluxe hotel room, which similarly is gratis. Or the chance to run amok in a strange city where no one knows you--and not be one penny poorer for the opportunity...