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...Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou there was the sense of being sucked into a rabbit hole dug by Anderson, and by the cloying The Darjeeling Limited, his self-indulgence had swollen to the point where the hole was too claustrophobic for any but his most devoted fans to bear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fantastic Mr. Fox: Wes Anderson's Return to Form | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...single institution can bear the burden of acquiring the entire world’s informational output,” the report says, acknowledging that Harvard’s previous strategy of a “single university” collection is unsustainable...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, Noah S. Rayman, and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Library System May See Changes | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

John Coffee, a law professor at Columbia University, says the Bear Stearns hedge-fund case, which jurors decided in less than a day, will make prosecutors think twice before bringing a case that hinges on e-mail. Coffee once called e-mail evidence "the biggest advancement in law enforcement since the two-way radio." But the Bear Stearns case and others have caused Coffee to reconsider how powerful e-mails are in court. "The jury was totally unconvinced," says Coffee. "It does not mean all white-collar cases will not go forward, but I do think it will cause prosecutors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bear Stearns Verdict: A Blow to E-Mail Prosecutions | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...credible evidence, prosecutors have taken it too far. "It has led prosecutors to bring cases that might not have been brought otherwise," says Arkin. "The problem is, e-mails can often be confusing. They are brief and often written without a lot of thought." Arkin and others say the Bear Stearns hedge-fund case shows that jurors understand that. Without other evidence, prosecutors will have a hard time convincing jurors that what someone wrote in an e-mail is definitively what they believe. (See the top 10 best business deals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bear Stearns Verdict: A Blow to E-Mail Prosecutions | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bear Stearns Verdict: A Blow to E-Mail Prosecutions | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

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