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...place on the smoking issue. In years past taking on tobacco might have been seen as a classic case of Big Government regulators trying to get their mitts on a legal product. For parents today, however, cigarettes are simply another powerful danger tempting their kids--like drugs, gangs, dirty rap lyrics and steamy soaps on afternoon TV. With Mom and Pop working longer hours--assuming Mom and Pop live under the same roof--it's not hard to see why they might welcome the idea of the government stepping in to help. Conservatives have for years effectively derided liberals...
...rap on Hall is, as the song lyrics imply, that he does not try hard enough. His coach, the former Olympian Troy Dalbey, quit six weeks ago, complaining that Hall was training lackadaisically. Last month at a meet in Santa Clara, California, Hall placed 14th in the 50-m freestyle and 41st in the 100 m. His performance was a far cry from his explosive showing at the U.S. Olympic trials in March, when he qualified for the 50-m and 100-m freestyles, and the 4x100-m freestyle and medley relays...
...needs to find a shortcut from the right wing back to the center of his party. As presidential candidate Bill Clinton proved in 1992, the quickest route from your party's wing to its center is by attacking someone on your side. Clinton took on a little-known rap singer, Sister Souljah, incurred the wrath of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the rest is election history...
...weather in New England can get a bad rap. Yes, there was a hurricane a couple of years ago. Yes, temperatures can reach the high nineties. Yes it can get very, very humid--almost stifling. But most evenings and mornings, the weather is pleasant. A fan will cool off a bedroom, classroom or office. If the heat gets too oppressive, there is an easy antidote--water...
...doesn't re-enlist for the Senate, he says, it's not because he's disenchanted with public life. "Look," he says, getting energized, "the current rap on politics is that it's mean-spirited and uncivil, that this country is broke and you can't do anything. That's self-indulgent horse manure. We're the wealthiest, most powerful country in the world. Oh, gee, a politician is disappointed in the process and in what government can do," he says, his voice leavened with sarcasm. "Well, go to a military cemetery on Memorial Day and bitch about how democracy...