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...inspired to toughen their policies. At least 20 states already allow officers to take cars from repeat drunk drivers. There is ample precedent for such seizures, but usually they involve habitual offenders or hardened criminals. Federal and state laws have long permitted authorities to seize and auction homes, cars and just about anything else that can be tied to certain drug, bootlegging, prostitution and other crimes. Just days after Giuliani's expansion of the idea, neighboring Nassau County implemented a similar law and crowed that five cars had been seized the first morning...
...firm represents real estate developer E. Ossie Smith, who was referred to in your story on the attempts by North Carolina farmer Phillip J. Barker to reclaim his family's farm [AMERICAN SCENE, Jan. 25]. You said Smith, who bought the farm at auction, had bulldozed the grave of a Barker family member. Smith had never been advised that there was a grave on the premises. In the process of clearing the land, workmen came upon a small gravesite hidden by brush and overgrowth. Upon finding the grave, Smith stopped work and began to clear and preserve the site...
...HEAR A MILLION? It is not often that a new bird is discovered. It is even rarer to get the chance to attach your moniker to it. But in Fort Worth next month, the Texas state office of the National Audubon Society will auction the right to bestow the species name on a bright-orange-chested antshrike discovered in the jungles of Brazil. Bids start at $200,000. No Ashleys or Trumps, please...
...option favored by most state attorneys general would require Microsoft to divulge its Windows source code--its most valuable piece of intellectual property--to other tech firms. This would allow Microsoft's rivals to develop their own versions of the world's dominant computer operating system. The government could auction off the license to the highest bidders, or Judge Jackson could find Microsoft guilty of "copyright abuse"--giving just about anyone access to adapt and sell Windows...
...response to rampant criticism, Smith claims that "it's not really Harvard's hottest...that's just a catch phrase. It's about raising money for a service organization and having fun. I was even against the auction idea at first but you can't take yourself too seriously." Also, Michaelson expresses that part of the selection was about simple diversity. "It's not like we have quotas but we didn't want just blond hair and blue eyes." While the premises of this event still remain questionable, BASIC demonstrated an impressive sensitivity to varying standards of beauty...