Word: smokes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Central Africa's military messiah is accompanied by a bizarre band of apostles. Many of Kabila's soldiers are clad in rubber Wellington boots, and their uniforms are gleaned from several different armies. Until recently, they were assisted by Mai-Mai tribesmen, who smoke marijuana, worship water and festoon themselves with bathroom fixtures--mainly faucets and hoses--in the belief that these fetishes will aid them in battle. For the moment, the rebel leader has established his headquarters in Mobutu's former home in Goma. He has dubbed his new residence "the Museum of Shame" because its ostentatious decor mirrors...
Leonard, the author of the recently released Smoke and Mirrors: Violence, Television, and Other American Cultures, argued against the trend of scapegoating television for the violence in society...
Reno didn't want to come right out and say so, for fear of looking like the President's personal defense lawyer. So she resorted to smoke signals at her press conference last week and hoped someone would...
...want a settlement. Late last month, for example, rumors swirled about a settlement under which tobacco companies would pay the hefty sum of $10 billion a year--more than the industry currently earns. Philip Morris stock promptly rose $6, creating $5 billion of market value and sending up a smoke signal so dense that even the long-in-denial tobacco industry had to notice. The burning question is this: If the market is ready to embrace such a costly settlement--and antitobacco forces, realizing they're getting nowhere fast in their legal battles, will go for it--how can tobacco...
...winning in court, the amount that strikes them as reasonable is not much more than their legal bills. And that's too bad, because now is when they could cut their best deal. The markets, President Clinton and plaintiffs' lawyers all seem eager. It's time to quit blowing smoke and bring this battle to a close...