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...companies that sell battleships and bombers to the Defense Department. But the Secretary called the temporary suspensions a warning and vowed to take tough action against companies proved guilty of committing crimes. And even the firms shown to be innocent will face a defense-industry environment that is growing tougher all the time...
...anointed various candidates as leader of the pack; the most recent was Albert Gore. By all appearances, the Tennessee Senator would seem to have disqualified himself by his attacks during the New York primary when he called Dukakis "very dangerous" and "irresponsible" on nuclear arms issues -- which could prove tougher to live down than Bush's description of Reagan's "voodoo economics." But Gore made nice enough in his postprimary endorsement to be invited to Brookline for an interview. He helps in the Border States and the South, possibly even in California, where his future-oriented interests (fiber optics...
American cigarette companies may feel besieged by the recent spate of local antismoking laws in the U.S., but times are even tougher in Canada. Last week Parliament passed a law that bans cigarette ads in print as of Jan. 1 and banishes them from billboards by 1991. (As in the U.S., cigarette makers in Canada do not advertise on TV.) Beginning next year, every pack of cigarettes sold in Canada will contain a leaflet explaining the dangers of smoking. The tobacco industry fears that the Canadian legislation will inspire a similar crackdown by Congress...
...gift: a Dukakis-for-President button with blinking lights. Then the two candidates sit down alone -- no aides, no translators -- for a 90-minute session, the longest of their three meetings in as many weeks. Jackson complains about the inequities of the delegate- selection system and argues for a tougher stand against South Africa's racial policies. Dukakis listens sympathetically. Looming over the meeting is a too- hot topic that remains pretty much unspoken: whether Dukakis should offer Jackson the second spot on the ticket (which he won't) and what will happen when he doesn't. Down...
Dukakis agrees with Jackson that the U.S. should be tougher on South Africa, but he declines to support the step of labeling South Africa a "terrorist state" like Libya and Iran. He might go along with yet another review of delegate-selection rules, but he is not about to denounce the present system as undemocratic. Jackson, who believes that Party Chairman Paul Kirk is hostile to him, might seek his replacement after the convention. If he presses the point, Dukakis might sacrifice Kirk for the sake of amity. Last week Jackson admitted that he might back away from his demand...