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...more than rail against deception, White analyzes cigarette advertising to show how the industry uses its power and money to dictate media and corporate policies. Stating that there are three cigarette manufacturers included among the top 100 advertising companies in the country, White argues that by buying a "cool" image and by exerting their power to influence the media, the companies are promoting murder...

Author: By Katherina E. Bliss, | Title: Smoking's Not Just Bad for You, It's Good for Them | 11/12/1988 | See Source »

Cantonians are already making plans for those Friday and Saturday nights in the winter when usually all 2400 of Appleton Arena's seats are sold out. Often, the Saints draw up to 1400 more fans standing behind a rail which encircles the seating area, similar to Harvard's Bright Center. According to Johnson, approximately 60 percent of the team's fans at a game are from town and 40 percent are students...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: College Hockey Fever ... Catch It! | 11/11/1988 | See Source »

...trying to rail against all Boston fans.I've been to Fenway and heard enough about theCeltics and Bruins to know that Boston fans areusually loyal and always vocal...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Shhhhhh... | 11/8/1988 | See Source »

There aren't many other alternatives. There is little personal incentive to carpool, and emissions controls can hardly become more stringent. Denver could build a mass rapid transit system, such as a light-rail system, and in fact Denver civic leaders have been talking for years about doing just that. Such a long term investment would likely be less expensive than paying the short term costs of automotive adjustments each year. But the money for such an investment would, of course, have to come from the taxpayers...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Cleaning Up the Brown Cloud | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

...people with suitcases to the bus shelter and waited for the T shuttle. Across the tracks at the Blue Line stop, the woman on a temp poster had been spray painted to look like a snaggle-toothed devil; someone had even taken the trouble to climb over the third rail, draw in a penis by her mouth and scrawl, "Suck it baby." I hoped I wouldn't have totemp...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Situations Wanted | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

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