Word: tobaccos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WASHINGTON: When Big Tobacco disavowed John McCain's tobacco legislation, its loudest gripe was that greedy Washington politicians were turning what was once a fair deal between the industry and the states into a $516 billion federal shakedown. Well, the Marlboro Man may have the last laugh: The same political squabbling that created the McCain monster looks set to destroy...
...recent years, the two committees did agree to force HMC to divest selectively from businesses operating in South Africa during apartheid and firms that manufacture tobacco products...
Indeed, divestment from tobacco and South Africa show that the CCSR is empowered to dictate HMC policy...
...President had better hope the rosy numbers bear out. His once sky-high approval ratings are starting to slip, and the tobacco legislation, which Clinton is counting on to pay for a host of goodies in his 1999 budget, is still getting picked apart in the Senate. With Monica to the left of him and Chinese missiles to the right, the economy -- and its power to "save Social Security first" -- may be all that Clinton has left...
...been damaged by tobacco, I am outraged at the charade of the U.S. government and the courts vs. Big Tobacco [WASHINGTON DIARY, May 4]. Americans often act out in protest: we pile up the shoes of gunshot victims, bemoan drunk drivers, mad bombers and pornography. Why not bring to justice the monstrous, lying hypocrites who have, in the name of egregious profit and bloated salaries, poisoned the lives of millions? RICHARD GRAHAM Qingdao, China...