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...Cambridge Department of Health and Hospitals had originally pushed for an outright ban on cigarette vending machines in Cambridge but agreed to the lockout device provision as a compromise with the city council...
...rest,' " recalls Carmen Silva, 55. "I signed. I didn't know for who or what." Others were encouraged to sign for members of their families. Zoraida Rodriguez voted on behalf of her husband, who was in jail. Nineteen ballots, according to the Inquirer, appear to have been outright forgeries. Among them are those of Rose Fellman and Elpiniki Kousis, residents of Nevada and Greece, respectively, both of whose signatures appear on absentee ballots for Stinson...
...then, when more explosions followed, ran for the beckoning safety of their building. Inside, fearful families rushed to the windows. As they watched, a shell exploded just behind the running children. The fresh snow instantly turned red: the blast and its shower of metal fragments killed five youngsters outright. A sixth died after arriving at a hospital. Two others were badly wounded. In this war there are no safe zones, even for children...
...They'd better," says Biden. "I won't be left out there to jettison all the crap because of ((Clinton's)) lack of leadership. After the President's speech, there's no chance to kill the idea outright. That's the politics of it. So, sure, we've got to focus it, but that won't happen unless the President steps up and takes a position. We should impact the 6% or so who commit roughly 70% of the violent crime. We shouldn't be stupid." But that's where Clinton may be headed unless he joins Biden to stand...
...impressions. First is the sense that we've been here before. Bill Clinton is a famous corner cutter. Ask him about something he perceives as uncomfortable, and he goes into lawyer mode. "I've caused pain in my marriage," he said, when Gennifer Flowers' charges surfaced. He didn't outright admit to philandering. He said "everyone" knew what he meant, and probably everyone did, but Clinton wasn't going to be any clearer. He didn't break American laws, he said, when the pot-smoking charges flew -- a dodge that held for a nanosecond, until it was revealed that Clinton...