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...differ: while Dole opposes smoking ads that might encourage kids to smoke, he prefers to let states set their own bans, according to Dole press secretary Nelson Warfield. "This has less to do with what Dole really believes than it does with Dole's character," says TIME's Eric Pooley. "You have to put up with a tremendous amount of inanity in politics, and this incident shows how much better Clinton is at handling these situations than Dole is." Dole set himself up for the new Clinton ad campaign by sternly defending his position on tobacco to the point...
...trial lawyers that opposed the bill. Noting that corporations and organizations supporting the bill pumped almost $6 million last year into the war chests of Congressional supporters, Democrats retorted that Republicans merely representing big business. "Both sides offer arguments of principle to justify their positions," says TIME's Eric Pooley. "But money is talking a lot louder than principle in this case...
...Reported by Ann Blackman, Margaret Carlson, Michael Duffy and Mark Thompson/ Washington and Eric Pooley with Clinton
Last year TIME tapped Pooley to join an investigative team specializing in long-term, intensively reported projects. Among his stories since then: an expose of Senator Al D'Amato's questionable fund-raising activities and an exhaustive report on Colin Powell's wife and key adviser Alma. This week's piece was probably the toughest of all. He not only had to unearth a carefully buried story, but he had to master the intricacies of nuclear plant operation as well. Says Pooley: "I had to keep going over the same ground before I was sure...
...Pooley has to master intricacies of a different sort. He's joining TIME's Washington bureau to cover the White House and the Clinton re-election campaign. Although by nature a risk taker, Pooley has some concerns. "Time's Washington bureau is an amazing group of journalists," he says. "I just hope I can make a contribution." Somehow, we think he'll manage...