1.   And it reveals how eager the tobacco lobby was to lavish gifts on lawmakers at a time the Legislature was considering tobacco-friendly legislation.

2.   And what shot him down over North Vietnam is a lot deadlier than the gimmicky junk fired off by the greasy tobacco lobby.

3.   Another danger is that linking a settlement to potentially popular programs may inadvertently give the tobacco lobby additional leverage in its campaign to gain immunity from future liability claims.

4.   Bob Dole, meanwhile, has been a patsy for the National Rifle Association and shills for the tobacco lobby.

5.   A ban on smoking in restaurants would be a milestone in the decline of the once-mighty tobacco lobby.

6.   But for decades, no one was able to mobilize the anti-smoking forces into a coalition that could effectively take on the tobacco lobby.

7.   But if Dole is cozy with the tobacco lobby, then Clinton and the Democrats, their opponents charge, are in lockstep with organized labor.

8.   But the tobacco lobby was thought to be even stronger, and richer, and more invincible, and tobacco is on the ropes.

9.   Democratic Rep. Henry Gonzalez agreed, saying that while the tobacco lobby will put up a vigorous fight, its power to influence Congress has waned.

10.   Dole made himself look like an instrument of the tobacco lobby.