1. Advocates of change said they hoped to ride the controversy over the business practices of the failed energy giant Enron and its lavish campaign donations to victory. 2. But the industry has thrived despite its lethal image because of its political clout with both parties, purchased with lavish campaign contributions over the years. 3. Enron has spread lavish campaign donations on local politicians, including Bush. 4. He has used a lavish campaign of television advertisements, often negative, during the Olympics. 5. In states as diverse as Arizona, California, and Massachusetts, higher cigarette taxes have gone to pay for lavish antismoking campaigns. 6. Lavish promotional campaigns soon propelled them into the top ranks of prescription medicines, where they currently yield enormous profits for their manufacturers. 7. Some analysts cautioned that such lavish campaign spending has a greater impact in off-year special elections. 8. The Clean Elections Initiative was designed to short-circuit the power of money to buy elections through lavish campaign contributions. 9. The dairy industry also used to shield itself from political harm with lavish campaign contributions to both parties. 10. The lavish campaigns by Labastida and Madrazo left the impression that both candidates had dramatically exceeded the spending limits decreed by party authorities. |
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