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Even some Republicans are prepared to test how much compassion Frist and Bush want to restore. Before the Lott fiasco, Ohio Republican Senator Mike DeWine couldn't get his G.O.P. colleagues interested in a measure he co-sponsored with Senator Hillary Clinton that would force pharmaceutical companies to test new drugs for their effects on children. DeWine hopes to get a better reception this year. "It's the type of legislation," he argues, "that shows we're a caring party...
Under Armour's passionate following, achieved largely by word-of-mouth marketing, is the envy of the industry. "It's not so much marketing pizazz as the performance of the product" that accounts for its success, says Mike May, a spokesman for the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association International. Under Armour "was one of the most requested apparel items for Christmas gifts for all genders and ages," says Kevin O'Dell, assistant manager of Galyan's sporting goods in Gaithersburg, Md. "When Nike came out, it was all about the swoosh. Now it's Under Armour. If you watch any interview...
...glorifying gun culture and violence," Howells fumed. Home Secretary David Blunkett suggested holding talks with music industry executives about "what is and what isn't acceptable" in song lyrics. But few people were buying that lame old line. "So Solid Crew might not be setting a good example," says Mike Franklin, a member of London's Lambeth community-police consultative group, "but no one is driven to murder by rap lyrics." More substantive proposals emerged from Blunkett's confab with police officials, including tough new measures against guns. The officials discussed greater protection for witnesses, and an amnesty for those...
...ethics in journalism,” Matthews claimed, a comment which made the local newspaper and caused some consternation among the students who thought journalists had an obligation to be members of their communities as well as reporters on it. But Matthews is no maverick among journalists. In 1987, Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes claimed he would not warn American troops in a war zone if he knew they were walking into a trap. “They would regard it simply as a story they were there to cover,” he said of the journalists who knew...
Directed by Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Donnie Brasco), the Columbia Pictures film is slated to come out during the 2003 Thanksgiving season...