In the days to come, the tobacco industry will doubtless raise objection after objection, and will work behind closed doors to persuade Congress to pass half measures that will not reduce teen smoking.

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In a somewhat romanticized and selective rendering of "Charlie Wilson's War, " they have seen how a colorful congressman managed to work behind closed doors to fund a project arming Afghans fighting Soviet invaders with momentous consequences, both intended and unintended.

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The scenes that take place behind closed doors, however, are the work of Hare's imagination.

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