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...original ransom note, but it was not opened until the chief and deputy chief of police arrived from Hopewell, three and a half miles away, summoned at once by the excited parents. By various police leaks the contents of the ransom note and its identifying "token"--a simple affair used often by criminals the world over--was soon in the hands of most metropolitan newspapers and news services. Hundreds of newsmen discussed it though they did not publish...
...hockey teams boasted the second- and third-best defenses in the nation entering last night’s ECAC tournament semifinal, and when the scoreboard showed a 1-1 tie halfway through the final period, it seemed the contest would end a genuine goaltenders’ affair...
...only the chorus that removed the audience from their atmospheric trance, reminding them of Interpol’s role in this whole affair: “It’s up to me now, turn on the bright lights...
Inside, people check out the art, chitchat with the artists, and grab a cup of wine and some pretzels and Twizzlers. It is as much a family affair as a night on the town; children under 12, strangely abundant, are everywhere underfoot...
...eager to make money on it, by veteran users who want to protect it, by governments that want to control it, by pornographers who want to exploit its freedoms, by parents and teachers who want to make it a safe and useful place for kids. The Canter-and-Siegel affair, say Net observers, was just the opening skirmish in the larger battle for the soul of the Internet...