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...statistical evidence compiled by the Centers for Disease Control. "Profound sneak attack," charges one tobacco lobbyist. The tobacco industry and some associated industries, like U.S. Sugar, filed suit to repeal the bill; the Florida Supreme Court is expected to rule soon. Although last year Governor Lawton Chiles vetoed the legislature's repeal of the legislation, the lawmakers are expected to override that veto next month. Many have been swayed by lobbyists' arguments that if the state can sue the tobacco industry no one is safe, and the liquor industry and manufacturers of high-fat foods had better start worrying. "There...
...Undergraduate Council's new alliance with Dean Lewis is a farcical attempt to revive student government. The second option open to the dean after a council decision is a veto. Because the dean will always get what the dean wants, this bylaws amendment is nothing more than a regurgitation of the current situation, except that now the dean will be able to co-opt student support for his proposals when it is convenient...
Secondly, Lewis can veto the resolution, in which case it dies...
...full advantage, Dole will try to usher a number of bills through the Senate for Clinton to address. "The agenda will be drastically scaled back from last year's bold Republican initiatives," says Tumulty. "And Dole will compromise on issues like regulatory reform and some form of line-iten veto to get them signed into law." But Tumulty notes that Dole will not compromise on welfare reform and tax cuts aimed at families with children. A presidential veto on these issues might even serve to underscore the basic differences between Dole and Clinton on issues Clinton ran on in 1992.Buchanan...
...however, cyberexecutives are considering any campaign drive for Clinton to be, well, a virtual goner. Dismissing Clinton's info-superhighway pep talks as showboating, the industry is focusing on a menu of grievances, including increased corporate taxes, burdensome accounting-reform proposals and, most of all, Clinton's failed veto of a law making it easier for companies to prevail in securities-fraud lawsuits. Silicon Valley successfully pressed for a congressional override, maintaining that its volatile stocks have been hit hard by frivolous suits. High-tech executives are cruising for a G.O.P. presidential alternative. A favorite, California Governor Pete Wilson, crashed...