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Anyone who's anyone knows that smoking has been portrayed in the mass media as being "sophisticated" for quite some time. In a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, Leonardo DiCaprio was photographed with tousled hair, sophisticated suit and a cigarette between his lips. Even more frightening, the article interviewed numerous teenyboppers who professed their undying love for him. All of those interviewed were too young to buy cigarettes, but there is little doubt that the photo--and many others like it in so-called "glamorous" entertainment magazines--will influence their opinion of how smoking is really "cool," despite obvious health...
Then to VanDerveer's horror, Folkl followed suit. An MRI test taken yesterday confirmed that she had torn not only her ACL, but also suffered bone bruises and structural damage to her meniscus...
Sadly enough, the shops that provide this local color and suit the curiosity of tourists cannot fulfill the daily needs of Central Square's local residents. Through the Holmes Trust project, new nation-wide chain stores may rightfully come to answer the practical needs of Cambridge's citizens...
...short term, Drudge's chief source of support is that he has AOL in his corner. The forces of Steve Case, who pays $3,000 a month for the Drudge Report, moved Wednesday to have the suit thrown out on the grounds that they cannot be held responsible for its content. If that motion succeeds, the Web will remain a safe haven for rumor, gossip and innuendo, but Drudge could still be personally liable for what he actually said...
...Without his words, no one knows if Jones -- who began her suit after Brock's article appeared in the American Spectator in 1993 -- would be embroiled in legal action today. "The ironic thing for the President," notes TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan, "is that if no one connects 'Paula' to Paula Jones, she doesn't file her sexual harassment suit and the name Monica Lewinsky never even comes up." Now Brock has retracted his story, and Jones' case is crumbling. Her lawyers are expected to go to appeal Tuesday in a bid to get the Lewinsky evidence reinstated...