Word: showing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first show, at 8:30 p.m., is already sold-out. Tickets for the 11:00 p.m. show are still available and cost $19.50 for general admission and $12.50 for members of the Irish Cultural Society...
White concentrates first on the great lobbying power cigarette companies have held over Congress and in local politics. Citing a statistic that out of 451 congressional districts, tobacco is grown only in 51, White presents us with information regarding laws and national tobacco policies to show that the cigarette kings have more than their fair share of representation in Washington...
White focuses on the 1986 case of Marsee vs. United States Tobacco Company, to show how a company's evasive policies can work to its advantage. Arguing that the head of U.S. Tobacco refused to answer questions pertaining to the charges that Sean Marsee died from oral cancer as a direct result of chewing tobacco daily for seven years, White presents convincing excerpts from the case testimony...
...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...
...addition to failing to show where he obtains his evidence, White's language is occasionally too relaxed and sarcastic for a book that rails against an official industry. When writing about the medical profession, White invokes the "good old family doc of the AMA", and when talking about a time when the cigarette companies invited doctors to investigate their policies, he says that the medics disapproved of the policies, but adds that they probably enjoyed being wined and dined...