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...through to your friendly K Street lobbyist in the next few weeks, you might want to send a search party to Florida; in particular, to Miami, where a set of jurors has less than two months to decide on awarding punitive damages in a case that could cripple the tobacco industry. On Friday the jury found that the tobacco industry's products were responsible for the ailments of the suit's three plaintiffs, all long-time smokers. If the plaintiffs, part of a class-action suit, are awarded the $13.2 million in compensatory damages they sought, the industry could...
...American Indian tribes, but are the tribes in Southeastern Connecticut stretching it? As Trump found out, it can be a taboo topic. But even among American Indians, there's disagreement on how legit some of the newly recognized tribes are. At the time of Trump's lawsuit, one lobbyist for Western Indian tribes complained to The New York Times that tribes pursuing recognition in order to build casinos were making a mockery of nations that had legitimately clung to their identities despite centuries of adversity: "The whole question of sovereignty is so sacred," he said. Having a "Winter" parking...
That is in essence the argument that influential Washington lobbyist Haley Barbour, a key adviser to the Bush campaign, has made in a series of memos to House and Senate leaders. He has invoked the damage that Congress did to Bob Dole in 1996 by giving Clinton welfare reform to sign. Former Republican chairman Barbour insists that he made it clear on the cover sheets that he was not speaking on behalf of the campaign, but as a longtime congressional strategist put it, "When people get a memo from Haley, they assume it's what Austin wants." Other sources...
...neater and friendlier than the real me, I knew we were soul mates. I spent hours fretting over the floor plan for her house, picking the blue tile for the bathroom and ecru wallpaper for the kitchen. After a high-paid but short-lived stint as a lobbyist--a job I found in the simulated morning paper one day--I could even afford to spoil myself with a swimming pool in the backyard, an oil painting on the living-room wall and a computer in the study...
Twilly Spree has problems managing his anger--he blew up his uncle's bank--and he's hot on the trail of Palmer Stoat, a lugubrious Florida lobbyist who made the mistake of littering in Spree's presence. Throw in a spineless Governor, a sleazy real estate deal, a beautiful but dissatisfied young wife (that would be Mrs. Palmer Stoat), a thug named Mr. Gash and the eponymous ill canine, and you've got the ingredients for a hilarious novel that moves as quickly as untouched Florida shoreline is vanishing. Hiaasen's brand of storytelling--a blend of social satire...