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...interview after the discussion, Malone defended his decision to keep state pension money invested in tobacco companies...
...having trouble snuffing out the controversy engendered by his suggestion that smoking is not addictive and his perhaps subconscious plagiarism of Phillip Morris' ad campaign in Europe, which argues that passive smoke is less harmful than a glass of whole milk a day. This went over O.K. in Kentucky tobacco country but hovered over him like a cloud of stale smoke last week as he campaigned in California, which has some of the most draconian antismoking laws in the nation. At each stop, starting in Walnut Creek, Dole was trailed by a person dressed as a cigarette, dubbed Buttman...
...will be doing ourselves a great disservice if we choose our president simply based on what he preaches according to where he is standing and in relation to the timing of the election. When Bob Dole defends the tobacco industry while in tobacco country, but plays a different tune when addressing the rest of the country, the voters must take note of the disparity. When President Clinton makes campaign promises and compassionately talks about issues without making actual substantial efforts to adopt and implement his promises, we must take notice and call his bluff. If we entrust the executive branch...
...company; ING, a huge Dutch bank; and other members of a consortium that lent some $300 million to the Castro government in 1995. The loan collateral: sugar grown or milled on properties that allegedly belonged to Cubans who are now American citizens. A similar target: BAT, the giant British tobacco firm...
...major enemies of children today are missing fathers, illegal drugs, tobacco and alcohol abuse, the collapse of authority and a popular culture that inspires antisocial and destructive behavior in children. The war we must wage for our children requires more than simply pouring money into programs like Head Start. There is a component of morals and values to it. The sooner we can reach a consensus on what those morals and values are, the quicker we will begin saving our children. STEFFEN W. SCHMIDT, Professor Department of Political Science Iowa State University Ames, Iowa...