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...California MTBE phaseout. CEO Pierre Choquette asserts, "We believe the ban of MTBE was politically motivated" to favor the U.S.-made gasoline additive ethanol "and has no scientific merit." The company's director of investor relations, Brad Boyd, says, "California should make sure its underground gas tanks don't leak. That's what would protect the public...
...manufacturer of ethanol. Davis denies the charge. State officials cite studies showing that MTBE causes cancer in lab animals and symptoms such as headache and nausea in humans. The federal EPA is also considering a ban. Unlike other gasoline components that stick to the soil when they leak, MTBE is unusually solvent, escaping from even reinforced tanks and moving rapidly into nearby water wells. Water experts say ethanol, a corn derivative, would be less harmful, but California is lobbying Congress to let gasoline be sold in the state without either MTBE or ethanol...
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...King, a press agent sees his client at his worst and must present him at his best. The trick was to paint a heroic portrait, of a person with plenty to hide, and sell it to a columnist who'll sell it to the public. You'd plant or leak favorable items and try to suppress the scandalous ones. Publicity is the peddler's art, whose colors are rouge and noir, whose techniques are wheedling, pleading, trading and - if the press agent is Sidney Falco - lying, threatening and blackmailing...
...Lost Gospels Dec. 22, 2003 ----------------- Insurgents Dec. 15, 2003 ----------------- Diabetes Dec. 8, 2003 ----------------- Love/Hate Bush Dec. 1, 2003 ----------------- Jobs Nov. 24, 2003 ----------------- Jessica Lynch Nov. 17, 2003 ----------------- Russell Crowe Nov. 10, 2003 ----------------- Medicated Kids Nov. 3, 2003 ----------------- New SATs Oct. 27, 2003 ----------------- Eating Smarter Oct. 20, 2003 ----------------- CIA Leak Oct. 13, 2003 ----------------- What Went Wrong Oct. 6, 2003 ----------------- Reagan Letters Sept. 29, 2003 ----------------- Johnny Cash Sept...