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...liners might have saved Paul McCartney being sued by Yoko Ono over his switching of the traditional Lennon/McCartney credit on his last album. And then there’s the problem of lyrics. Without printed prompts, will we still be able to sing along with our accustomed confidence and abandon...
...apparently, it would have illegal for MIT to broadcast the files—3,500 CDs worth of music—that had been purchased for this purpose. As file-sharing download systems continue to flourish on the web, however, it is clear that the music industry needs to abandon the methods it has used in the past—regulation and litigation—and develop new ways to generate revenue in a world of high-speed Internet connections. The plan developed by the students down the Charles was a step in that direction...
...witnesses who might help prove their innocence. But the Pentagon and the CIA refused to make Binalshibh available, saying he was undergoing interrogation and that vital national-security concerns made him off limits. The clash prompted a flurry of court filings and intense discussions within Justice about whether to abandon the case and refile it in a military tribunal, where Moussaoui's rights would be more limited and intelligence issues could be kept under wraps...
...decorations and doodads. Don't get me started on outfits for pets or the move to extend the holiday into an event that runs for a whole season so that it becomes--you'll love this--"Falloween." Only Christmas gets consumers dipping into their pocketbooks with such happy abandon. Stretch Halloween over the whole of October, and it may soon race into first place in the waste-your-money-on-trash stakes...
When confronted with U.N. resolutions that it dismantle its biological and chemical arsenals and abandon its nuclear programs, Iraq stonewalled and did not cooperate. In January 2003, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice wrote in The New York Times, “Countries that decide to disarm lead inspectors to weapons and production sites, answer questions before they are asked, state publicly and often the intention to disarm and urge their citizens to cooperate.” Saddam did none of these things. Had he been disarming, he would have had every incentive to stave off potential U.N. retaliation and demonstrate...