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This is the dilemma facing former education secretary and drug czar William Bennett, who this morning held a press conference in Washington to unveil the second edition of his book The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators . Bennett is battling the inconvenient onslaught of good news with three strategems-- retreat , partisanship , and dishonesty .
Indeed, if the PDFA had a shred of integrity, its ads would be battling alcohol and tobacco, America's two most injurious drugs and the two most popular among teens.
Al Qaeda leaders set up a Nairobi cell and used it to send weapons and trainers to the Somali warlords battling U.S. forces, an operation directly supervised by al Qaeda's military leader.
Several researchers blame the big pharmaceutical companies that got so big by leading the way to new drugs for battling infectious disease, but in recent years have dropped out.
(See Slate's "Promise Keepers 1, NOW 0.") An essay says consumer advocate Ralph Nader will have a tough time battling his newest foe, Microsoft.