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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Asked whether he would back a federal ban on smoking in the workplace or public spaces, Bloomberg said he would, but added, "I don't think the federal government should prohibit the manufacture or sale of cigarettes," but that combatting tobacco should mean diminishing the demand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smoking Will Kill 1 Billion People | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

...million surplus. He also set an example. Foregoing a salary, Romney cut the fancy meals and expensive trips. He infamously served his executives pizza on paper plates—and charged them a dollar a slice. Pledging to strip government officials convicted of felonies of their pensions and to prohibit senior staff members’ relatives from lobbying the executive branch, a President Romney could polish the GOP’s tarnished ethics...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: The Real Romney | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...mail that was illegally blind carbon-copied (bcc'd) to several people, including a member of the election commission and the blockmate of an opposing candidate, commission official James W. Anderson ’09 told The Crimson. The commission’s official rules for the election explicitly prohibit the use of unsolicited e-mail campaigning in forums beyond open e-mail lists...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Violation Sets Willey-Snow Close to Spending Limit | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...Also detracting from the closeness of the UC’s relationship to students has been the College’s decision this fall to prohibit the UC from reimbursing the purchase of alcohol for dorm parties...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Elections Spur Reflection: Does the UC Still Matter? | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...build where wildfires are inevitable? If so many people just have to live there, they should live in mobile homes that they could move in case of fire. I know this wouldn't solve every problem and some mobile homes might be lost, but it would seem sensible to prohibit the construction of permanent structures in such areas. Colin Kreitzer, HARRISBURG...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wildfires of the West | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

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