Word: joe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Eureka chapter of People for the West, a group whose aim is to open federal lands to ranching and "multiple uses." Balliete is fed up with Washington. "What it all boils down to is, Who controls my life--somebody from back East or someone like me from around here? Joe Blow from the city comes in here to 'preserve' things, and he ends up destroying the culture I grew up with...
...possession of marijuana at the home of a starlet. In interviews, Mitchum liked to blame his image on publicists, calling himself "the ugly leading man" who needed the myth to cover his "lack of glamour." After a best supporting actor nomination in 1945 for "The Story of G.I. Joe," Mitchum hit the A-list and worked constantly, starring in over 100 films, including "Cape Fear," "River of No Return," and "Ryan's Daughter." In all of them, he was Mitchum, from the film noir shadow-dwelling of his early stardom ("Out of the Past," "Where Danger Lives") to drama...
...billion and rising eventually to $15 billion, in perpetuity, will be used to compensate states for health-care costs related to treating smokers, pay individuals who successfully press suit, finance health research and promote education programs aimed at deterring youths from taking up the evil weed. To that end, Joe Camel will soon become a has-been and the Marlboro Man will be put out to pasture, because the industry also agreed to sweeping reforms that proscribe the use of human or cartoon forms in advertising. Billboards, stadium signs, T-shirt giveaways and other promotional freebies are forbidden...
...concerned about the potential health consequences of smoke and a handful of nonsmokers who were bothered by the constant haze of smoke in their eyes--last week proved that it has achieved enough muscle to bring the tobacco industry to its knees. If the long-lasting cultural parade of Joe Camel and Marlboro Men and cigarette-waving screen stars is not yet quite over, the celebratory band, at least, has most certainly passed...
...more. "They've been split up for three weeks," says the spokeswoman. "Brad told me it wasn't over any one thing." What split the Pitts became the week's favorite guessing game, with answers ranging from new co-stars (Pitt is currently in New York City making Meet Joe Black) to suggestions that it's all a ploy designed to distract the press from what would have been the year's most ogled nuptials. Pitt already faced one unwelcome torrent of attention this month when it was revealed that Heinrich Harrer, the character he plays in Seven Years...