Word: reportable
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...same, the First Amendment does not guarantee minors the right to purchase the same material that adults can. The FTC report suggested that more retailers should not let kids buy stickered CDs and video games, just as teens are barred from NC-17 films. This would allow record labels and video-game makers to release whatever they please, and adults to buy it and even pass it on to their kids if they thought that was O.K. But that's a prospect that makes entertainment executives nervous, since the market for the raunchiest and most belligerent pop culture is made...
...popular movement to make the ban universal gathered force last year when the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, which had been appointed by President Bill Clinton and congressional leaders, called for closing the Nevada loophole. Armed with the report, the NCAA went on the offensive, and sympathetic lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced bills to make it official. Coaches and university heads testified, including Graham Spanier, president of Penn State: "There has been a blurring of the line between legal and illegal sports gambling in this country. Sports gambling has become such a part of the glamour...
JACK VALENTI Gov't report says movie bosses market to kids. Their no-show on Capitol Hill doesn't help...
DANGEROUS OVERTIME When a woman works overtime, guess who suffers. That's right, the husband. Researchers at the University of Chicago report that when married women work more than 40 hours a week, their husbands' health deteriorates--by 25% over three years, judged by a variety of health indicators. Surprisingly, the amount of overtime a man works seems to have no effect on his wife's health. The study's authors suggest that men tend not to pay attention to their health, relying on their spouse to do it for them. If the wife is spending more time...
Last week he put even more heat on Hollywood, as the Federal Trade Commission released its report showing the lengths to which the entertainment industry goes in marketing mayhem and sex to children under 17. Gore and running mate Joe Lieberman, a longtime critic of the industry, vowed that if these companies don't change their selling practices, a Gore-Lieberman Administration would give the FTC new enforcement powers and prosecute them for false advertising...