Word: tobacco
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...find some pretty interesting protocol about bathroom etiquette (interestingly, there are no similar provisions in the undergraduate handbook). The book states that students living in university-provided housing must do their foot-washing in the shower, not in the sinks. And if you’re inclined to chewing tobacco, be careful when bathing—there’s no spitting in the showers...
...different styles, from large-cap equity income to small-cap aggressive growth. There are also fixed-income separate accounts. Your cash is invested along the same lines as that of countless other separate-account holders, with one exception: you get to fine-tune. Maybe you have an issue with tobacco. Or you might want to avoid stocks of companies in the industry in which you work--so that if the entire sector crashes, you don't lose your investment along with your job. Just say the word, and your manager will purge your portfolio of such securities. Another benefit: because...
...each other's dorm rooms until midnight on weekends or 10 p.m. during the week. A rarely enforced prohibition on dancing was dropped in the late 1990s. There is no faith pledge, although students must sign a document agreeing to certain "spiritual and social expectations"--no drug, alcohol or tobacco use on campus and no unmarried cohabitation or homosexual activity on or off campus. There is a mandatory 120 hours of community service...
...donations from 1995 to 2000, led the fight against new rollover potential ratings for SUVs: a cause he dropped only after the Firestone-Ford debacle brought rollover tragedies to the forefront. When the House was still considering whether to fund the Justice Department’s lawsuit against the tobacco companies in 2000, the 207 House members who voted to block this funding received an average of five times more money from the tobacco companies in the last two election cycles than those who voted for the funding. These kinds of examples, where only a few dots need be connected...
...while corporations are responsible in part for this predicament, suing them is not going to solve the situation. Like the lawsuits against tobacco companies in the past, such actions won’t help anyone but the plaintiff lawyers. Rather than sue, these corporations should instead be taxed. While an Egg McMuffin may cost 99 cents, its real cost to society is much greater, and its price should reflect that. The government has got to step in and start affecting real policy. Of course, this will be hard considering the power of the sugar and fast food lobby. However, something...