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A rubber company in China has begun marketing condoms under the brand names Clinton and Lewinsky, apparently seeking to exploit the White House affair that led to the impeachment of America's 42nd president. Spokesman Liu Wenhua of the Guangzhou Rubber Group said the company was handing out 100,000 free Clinton and Lewinsky condoms as part of a promotion to raise consumer awareness of its new products. He said that after the promotion ends, the Clinton condoms will go on sale in southern China for 29.8 Yuan ($A4.89) for a box of 12, while the Lewinsky model will be priced at...

NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037 World Wide Web: http://www.LP.org For release: March 19, 2002 Are the "Fighting Whities" offensive? Should the feds ban that "racist" name? WASHINGTON, DC -- The surprising popularity of the "Fighting Whities," a college basketball team whose sarcastic name was intended to get revenge for Indian-named sports teams like the Redskins, shows why the government shouldn't have the power to determine which sports team names are racist. "As the Fighting Whities prove, racism is not a matter of black and white," said George Getz, the Libertarian Party's...