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Hate crime laws generally impose tougher punishments when crimes such as rape, arson, assault, intimidation, and damage of property are motivated by bias.
This would give RJR/Liggett a huge competitive edge over industry giant Philip Morris, which would presumably face tougher terms.
NBC's David Bloom, recounting how McCain had been "brutally and repeatedly tortured," quoted a commander who said of McCain, "There was no tougher resister among POWs."
New, tougher food-inspection standards will help, but "no one predicts a day in which all food will be perfectly free of disease."
The other two leads, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce, are even tougher to get a handle on, although both actors (both Australian, which you'd never guess) will be overnight stars.