Beltway politics froth over jeffords fallout and media
The piece rails at Beltway rhetoric after Jeffords switch and a GOP minority shift, blaming Bush’s team and Wall Street Journal coverage, arguing partisan division persists across North and South. It critiques party realignment and warns Montanans about choosing regimes.
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Plucky testers flush away wimpy toilets
A humorous column recalls NAHB laboratory tests for toilet performance and the push to restore powerful toilets. It notes Congress 1.6 gallon limit, critiques old tests, and highlights tasting materials like fermented bean curd as realistic test media.
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Maryland
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Tom Kenney
Kenney
Toto Toilet Company
Japan
Geraldo
Jeffords Switch Reshapes Senate and White House Path
Vermont independent Jim Jeffords shifts control to Democrats, ending a 50 year GOP majority. The move jeopardizes Bush’s court plans and prompts GOP debates on strategy, with future elections in 2004 framed as a power struggle between civility and aggressive partisan tactics.
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Texas
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Pharma-porn and the Big Pharma image battle
A reader decries glamorized drug ads dubbed pharma-porn and links marketing spends to high profits and minimal R D, citing Generics battles and lawsuits against Abbott Hytrin as examples while urging campaign finance reform and more truthful advertising.
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Pharma
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New York Times
Zenith Goldline Pharmaceuticals
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Zenith
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