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...government has largely avoided doing so, mainly because of drug-industry lobbying and political resistance to anything like price controls, but rifts have begun to develop. State and local governments from New Hampshire to California, tired of waiting for the border to open, have started considering ways to skirt federal laws to get Canadian drugs to their citizens...
...almost unprecedented display of hypocrisy, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has, according to the Times, come forth alleging that the show’s producers will skirt election rules because their “plan to feature real political candidates campaigning would wrongly allow Showtime’s parent, Viacom—which has political action committees and lobbies in Congress” to unfairly promote their politics. Of course, it’s classic that the NRA, the infamously powerful lobby whose contributions sidle into the pockets of candidates willing to blindly oblige its wishes, has come...
...Tibetan people, six months ago. But all too often, it seems that quiet dialogue is ultimately a tool for ignoring Tibet and hoping that the world will follow suit. The polite road may be to participate in dialogue, but when dialogue is a superficial concession used to skirt the issue, the quiet dialogue must become louder...
...silk-stockinged legs; the lonely loser (Michel Bouquet) who says he won?t touch Julie, but wants to be asked; the pompous politician (Michel Lonsdale) who suggests they have sex so that ?You can say, ?For one hour he forgot about France and gave himself to me??; the skirt-chasing artist (Charles Denner) who is almost too charming to kill. But not quite. (Woolrich minutiae: Lonsdale?s son is called Cookie - the same name Ricki Lake gives her son in ?Mrs. Winterbourne...
...narrowed the field. Customers control more of the process and pay lower commissions since they do more of the work. But a fight within the industry could hinder this approach. Critics, including the governing trade group of most agents, the National Association of Realtors (N.A.R.), say the online agencies skirt the spirit of the house listings. Realtors pool properties in the multiple-listing service, a roster shared with competing agents so that clients can see more houses. But sharing a listing online is different from sharing it in a shop, says N.A.R., so brokers should have control of their...