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...Enron scandal revived it again. And last Wednesday evening the bill survived yet another near-death experience, when its backers in the House went head-to-head with one of their most powerful opponents, the National Rifle Association. Republicans, led by Tom DeLay, the majority whip from Sugar Land, Texas, offered a clever "poison pill" amendment that would have exempted gun-rights groups from the bill's limits on paid issues advertising. If the amendment passed, it could have killed the entire bill by forcing it into a House-Senate conference, where opponents could bottle it up forever. N.R.A. lobbyists...
...high cost of protectionism can be seen not only among users of steel but also among consumers of sugar. Influenced by generous campaign contributions from U.S. sugar producers, the Federal Government supports domestic prices and slaps tariffs as high as 242% on most sugar imports. Mexico and other signatories of NAFTA will eventually be spared such tariffs, but the system in place today keeps domestic sugar prices at 22[cents] per lb.--about three times the global-market price...
This system encourages sugar-beet and cane farmers to grow more than anyone wants--at least at these inflated prices. The farmers are diverted from growing crops that would add more value to the economy. And high sugar prices discourage consumers from buying sugar...
...ultimate burden of sugar tariffs and subsidies is borne by sweet-toothed folks--and the manufacturers that make their candy. In all, the U.S. General Accounting Office says the program cost consumers and users $1.9 billion in 1998. The tab is pushing manufacturers to close up shop or move out of the country. Chicago-based Brach's announced last year that it would close its large manufacturing plant in the city and shed more than 1,000 jobs; it will outsource candymaking to Argentina's Grupo Arcor. Kraft Foods, meanwhile, intends to close its Holland, Mich., manufacturing facility for Life...
Genes, Girls, and Gamow lacks the level of acerbity of the controversial The Double Helix, but still contains considerable bite, considering Watson’s matter-of-fact refusal to sugar-coat his judgments. Even his good friend, Gamow, is described rather unflatteringly as possessing a “high-pitched squeal” which “did not go with his generous bulk.” The Biological Labs of Harvard “reeked of ’30s mustiness,” and Linus Pauling is “a popelike figure.” Watson...