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...collection of Merrill C. Berman '60, who himself must have an interesting tale to tell about the amalgamation of such an impressive display of early Soviet propaganda. Each gallery houses prints and posters--the cheap, bold media used alike by Moscow government bureaucrats, provincial factory managers, collective developers and tobacco manufacturing firms to push their (distinct) messages upon the population at large...
Critics say this is an attempt to get pop music-loving kids to smoke. "Ninety percent of smokers began before age 18," says Brian Ruberry, spokesperson for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. "As FDA rules take away more weapons, tobacco companies need to find a way to reach kids...
...fact, a new FDA rule scheduled to go into effect in August will prohibit tobacco companies from selling or giving away products with their brand names or logos on them. Philip Morris is challenging the rule in court. A hearing has been set for February, but appeals could drag on for more than a year...
...development that greatly affected the painting of J.M.W. Turner. Likewise, the Impressionists made generous use of the new blues and greens that emerged in their day. In this century, novelty gave way to marketing as manufacturers came to shape public tastes in color. In 1934, for instance, the American Tobacco Co. found that women wouldn't buy Lucky Strikes because the then green box clashed with their clothes. The solution: make green hot. In short order, the company set up a "color-fashion bureau," underwrote a green-themed society ball, enlisted magazine editors and bought off French couture houses...
...investigated 175 clinic attacks to date, continue to search for leads as to who is responsible for two bombings at abortion clinics in Atlanta and Tulsa last week. "There is evidence, and it's evidence that could identify a suspect at some point," cautioned a federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent scouring the firebombed clinic in Tulsa. Especially worrisome to the ATF and the FBI are the two bombs that went off outside a suburban Atlanta clinic last Thursday. They were powerful pipe bombs, explosive devices anybody with some expertise can easily assemble. Shannon notes: ?The Atlanta incident...