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...than for him to just melt into the background with all the other advertising that is out there. Would I prefer that you and other critics find him appealing? Absolutely. But I will take the fact that you notice, that you hear our message and that you have a point of view...
...buzz can surely help, but to a point. Is Mr. Six actually driving incremental traffic to Six Flags? Viewers are already cash-strapped. Why potentially turn them off with your spots? "Sure, the ad sticks Six Flags in your mind," says Lippert. "But it's wedged in the area that causes extreme anxiety and annoyance. You're saying, 'Get this out of my lobe...
...Single sticks go fast at 7 cents each - an especially good price point for kids. And while Yakubu says he doesn't sell to children, other shopkeepers do. About 25% of teens - some as young as 13 - use tobacco in some parts of Nigeria, double the smoking rate of Nigerian men, and many pick up the habit by age 11. That's a demographic powder keg, one that means big trouble if you're a health expert and big promise if you're a tobacco executive. Both sides agree on one thing, though: across all of Africa, cigarettes...
...will not use this time to spend more words on health care, although I can't guarantee that that will be true next week. I just wanted to emphasize that -- one last point I guess I would make. There are some who say that as President I shouldn't have stepped into this at all because it's a local issue. I have to tell you that that part of it I disagree with. The fact that this has become such a big issue I think is indicative of the fact that race is still a troubling aspect...
...face to face with an angry military officer, who had a large gun slung across his shoulder. He promptly confiscated my camera and questioned me as to what possible reason I could have for being in the country and taking pictures. The soldier even suggested at one point that I could be a “terrorist.” After a disastrous hour or so trying to explain myself across an impossible language barrier, I finally managed to retrieve my camera—after paying a 30,000CFA bribe (about...