To attack Egypt against the reasoned urging of the world, and under cover of a smoke-screen of obfuscatory statements, can arouse no confident support in the country.

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There is a huge smoke screen being put up - not by the Catholic church, but by the media and those who say that contraceptives will solve all these problems.

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But I believe the majority of the American people -- and indeed, the majority of Congress -- members of both parties in Congress -- will see this for what it is -- a tobacco industry smoke screen.

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The Public Theater's LuEsther Hall venue, where the show opened Tuesday, has been transformed into a beaming night club with strobe lights, flat-screen displays, wall-to-wall digital projections, artificial smoke and a DJ perched high above the dance floor.

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So what does this say about bad-faith attempts to sell lousy investments through a smoke screen?

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He also noted in a patent filing that the process allowed the blue-screen procedure to cope with glassware, cigarette smoke, blowing hair and motion blur which had all caused problems for earlier efforts.

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