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...year old cousin held a sign with my Chinese name traced in blue ballpoint pen on the inside of a Marlboro carton high above the crowd awaiting relatives and friends. I recognized the characters on the carton as it bobbed up and down with the black heads that surged to meet the bus. "That's me," I said, taking his sign and double checking the characters to make sure. Almost immediately, I was swarmed by young people. Two female cousins, hair swept back in identical, long pony tails, each grabbed me by the arm and tugged in opposite directions. "Oooh...
...would be prevented from making the buy in another state with no waiting period. But few criminals get their guns from ordinary shops. All over America, illicit gunrunners supply the streets. As he fills out the forms to buy a Beretta at the Maryland Small Arms Range in Upper Marlboro, customer Gary Roland complains that black-market buyers have a network all their own. "It's easier to get a firearm delivered in the Washington area than it is to get a pizza...
...advertising world is in a swivet because familiar mass-market brand names such as Pampers and Marlboro are suddenly reeling from low-priced generic competitors. Tiny Tiffany Trump, in contrast, symbolizes the enduring cachet of a certain type of luxurious commercial pedigree. What could be more emblematic of this shopping-obsessed century than a fin-de-siecle vogue for naming children after favored stores? After all, the latest list of the most popular names for girls already veers toward the comically pretentious, with Nicole, Brittany and Ashley far outpacing plain Jane and simple Susan...
...Even though the Marlboro man has been off the air for years, more characters on television are smoking than ever before. According to a study of 158 prime-time comedies and dramas, nearly a fourth of the programs featured smoking, ashtrays or smoke-filled rooms. Public health officials fear that impressionable young viewers may emulate their video heroes' nicotine habits...
Saturday: As soon as the young Exonians are off the bus, they charge into a convenience store for a pack of cigarettes. As they puff on that first Marlboro, they feel the tobacco rush through their clean systems, leaving them light-headed and sweaty...