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...rights to programming trickier still. Paul Whitehead, head of business development for British commercial TV network Channel 4, notes that when the network acquires rights to air a program such as The Sopranos, the agreement often covers Britain only. So is a Channel 4 viewer legally entitled to beam a Sopranos episode to another country? Studios that supply Channel 4 "absolutely are concerned" that devices like Slingbox could extend broadcasts beyond the permitted territory, Whitehead says, noting that "this is going to lead to interesting discussions with the studios." That's putting it mildly - the entire structure of commercial television...
...where he would like to improve. Father Joe Landauer, a priest who took part in the recollection, explained, "There is always a need to reflect because we are so busy with our lives running and doing things. And you need to stop sometime and ask: Am I on the beam...
...right, is absolutely superb," says Ross. Hunka, the personnel chief, says "she's obviously not immersed in the details of employment legislation, but whenever an issue gets to her, her feedback is never against what I would say as an experienced human resources person. She's always on the beam; it's uncanny." Prince Andrew says, in some awe, "Here's a quote you can have. The Queen's intelligence network is a hell of a lot better than anyone's in this palace. Bar none. She knows everything. Everything. She just knows. I don't know how she does...
...perennially gray politics into a U.S.-style, image-driven affair. Some in fact say that the media mogul has taken it all too far since first running for office in 1994, staging annual cult-of-personality party conventions and making controversial use of his private television stations to beam a Reaganesque message of smiling conservatism into the living rooms of Italian voters. Still, it has been a recipe for success for Berlusconi, 69, who has been Italy?s longest serving post-War Prime Minister since his election...
...said so explicitly, but they’re inching up to it...If Dershowitz and Glaeser believe [this], then they have an obligation to make their case explicitly, with all the seriousness it merits. Otherwise, they should stop hinting.”On February 27, Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam pondered the role of anti-Semitism in Summers’ resignation in a piece titled “Summers, Harvard, and Israel.” He asked if “support for or opposition to Israel [was] the new fault line dividing the Harvard faculty.”Alan...