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The NRA assailed the ban, and promised to seek relief in Congress and the courts.
Useful though it might be, the idea of archiving the Internet is assailed by all sides.
The truce was shattered when Bush ran an ad that assailed McCain's proposed tax plan.
Detractors assailed Robert Kennedy for his 1964 New York Senate bid; even the liberal New York Times endorsed Republican Kenneth Keating.
The WP states, "Both the tobacco industry and public health advocates assailed the bill from opposite directions: The industry called its price-tag 'unrealistic and onerous' while public health advocates said it was too weak on the key issue of cutting underage smoking."