Word: tobacco
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...possess a renewable national handgun card, which would be issued only after a thorough background check. To put a squeeze on gunrunners, it would limit purchases to one a month. To discourage illicit resales, it would require that all handgun transfers be registered with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, which lightly oversees the gun trade...
Rolls Royce Corniches are nice. I'd like one in cream color, with a cream top and a perfect tobacco glove leather interior...
There is also concern that vending machines requiring a person to operate "defeat the purpose" of automation, said Mark Gottlieb, staff attorney for Boston's Tobacco Control Resource Center, who urged the council to support a total ban on the vending machines...
...more widespread objections to Dor Yeshorim are almost irrational. Obviously, we aren't disturbed by the concept of trying to ensure that a child is the healthiest and the "best" he could possibly be. Increasingly, women are watching what goes into their bodies during pregnancy, refraining from tobacco, alcohol, and even caffeine. No one raises an eyebrow when parents send their children to school early, infusing them with "Hooked on Phonics" and "Reading Rainbow," in an effort to unleash their maximum potential...
...matters stand, it's perfectly legal for members to accept speechmaking or "briefing" invitations from well-heeled lobbyists -- typically at cushy resorts in balmier climes during dreary winter months. Last January, for example, U.S. Tobacco staged a legislative briefing in Boca Raton, Florida, with 17 past and present members of Congress. In April, 10 members and their spouses spent four days and three nights at the South Seas Plantation resort off Florida's Gulf Coast, with airfares, hotel bills and, of course, greens fees paid for by the Electronics Industries Association...