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Regular buffalo races are held at Negara in western Bali, and on Lombok, with the normally sluggish beasts pulling decorated carts at surprising speeds.
In court, they argued that the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act limits the FDA's regulatory powers to drugs and medical devices that provide medical benefits . The tobacconists' perverse logic held that poisonous products like cigarettes, for which no health claim is made, should fall outside government regulation.
So far, the federal government has used excess funds to reduce debt held by the public, paying down $223 billion in fiscal year 2000 alone.
He told us he held several conversations with President Clinton during the crisis.
The media were soon placed under state control, promised elections were never held, and Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs) were established to keep tabs on dissenters.