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...cozy relationship with their regulators." With this in mind, says Sanders, Philip Morris may have conceded internally that the anti-tobacco movement is not going away, and decided to take the long view. "It's better, after all, to be regulated by friendly folks than to be outlawed or split up by a hostile government," says Sanders. Or demonized by a rancorous public: While Philip Morris has invested millions in feel-good ads promoting its self-policing programs - such as carding minors who try to by cigarettes - it's clear that widespread distrust of the tobacco industry is here...
...first five minutes of Friday's game were split evenly between the two teams, with sloppy play on both sides and neither team controlling much of the play, but Crimson superiority was clearly evident before the first period was even halfway over...
...Crimson reserves came through. Harvard split the weekend, which was just enough to keep pace with the rest of the Ivy League...
...that require "graduated licenses" for drivers who are not yet 18. Under the proposed law, Washington teens could get a learner's permit at 15 and could earn an intermediate driver's license at 16--both with lots of strings at- tached. But in the meantime, at the cozy, split-level home that Joanna shares with her family, the bill's provisions are already in effect. The legislation's sponsor, state senator Tracey Eide, is Joanna's mother...
...might be a political functionary in the vast Chinese bureaucracy, fighting small battles to achieve obscure goals. That also seems the case with Zhang, director of the classics Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern, who has been drifting artistically since he and his leading lady, Gong Li, split five years ago. To Western eyes, this meandering parable registers as a perplexity and a disappointment...