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Nike Takes Shirts Out Of Window

A Niketown store in Boston has removed T-shirts from a Newbury Street window display. Mayor Thomas Menino had sent a letter to the retailer, asking it to remove shirts that read "Get High," "Dope" and "F--k Gravity."

Nike refused the mayor's request, saying the shirts are part of Nike 6.0, a youth-focused action sports campaign. But by Monday some of those shirts were gone, such as the "Dope" shirt, which shows skateboards and snowboards spilling out of a pill bottle. Nike says it didn't back down. "As is normal with any retailer, we consistently refresh our windows with new inventory," the company said in a statement.

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