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...tobacco in the workplace. According to a study by the Bureau of National Affairs, about 35% of all U.S. companies restrict smoking (only 2% ban it outright), and an additional 20% are studying the issue. In many cases, companies have no choice: 17 states and hundreds of localities outlaw smoking in offices and other workplaces. The Surgeon General's report last year asserting that smokers create health risks for nearby nonsmokers has encouraged companies to promote smoke-free work environments. Finally, firms are increasingly aware of the cost of having smokers on staff: higher insurance expenses and increased absenteeism...
...they'll make a mistake, like misfiling some documents and banning Honduran refugees instead of nuclear weapons. But it hasn't happened yet. It would be unethical to create a furor merely for the sake of writing about it, so I couldn't submit a proposal to outlaw chrome-and-nylon eight-wheeled baby strollers. Maybe I will anyway...
...begins to realize the ways in which the society he defends is full of injustice. Through his conversations with The Sunlight Man, it dawns on Clumly that his function as a police officer is merely to preserve the appearance of order in a society rife with crime. As the outlaw magician tells him: "I care about every single case. You care about nothing but the average. I love justice. You love...
...Williams' light, the image of the outlaw team brightens. "The old man ((Tarkanian)) runs a straight deal," he says firmly, "and the whole community is protective of it." Betting on UNLV games is not only illegal, it appears to be that rarest thing in town, immoral. "If a player so much as walked into a casino," Williams declares, "everyone would rise up and say, 'No, no, uh-uh, forget it.' I mean, just the idea of it is offensive. That's like our one normal thing: college basketball. The word would get back to Tark in about seven minutes...
...content to leave bad enough alone, Cambridge bureaucrats also decided to outlaw the Cambridge Common shuttle stop, saying it too illegally blocked traffic...