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...Microsoft appealed that decision, and this week government lawyers learned a bitter lesson about the perils of gambling, overzealous federal district court judges, and how a choice that once seemed like a certain win may end with them losing their shirts. Not only did the appeals court slam the door on the Justice Department's lawsuit over Windows 95, but the decision imperils the mammoth Sherman Act case the feds and 20 states filed last month and on which they staked their reputations...
...bland. Think about all the interviews you've seen and the stories you've read. (And like it or not, you have. He's been mentioned in, on average, 100 newspaper articles a day.) Can you describe his personality? His politics? His sense of humor? His likes or dislikes? Bitter sitcom writers, accustomed to having edgy material rejected, use this analogy: Bugs Bunny is funnier, smarter and more interesting than Mickey Mouse, who has no known personality except for being vaguely likable and harmless. Mickey is worth a trillion dollars. Be like Mickey...
Well, God can come back now, thanks to a ruling last week by Wisconsin's highest court that there is no such constitutional problem. The Wisconsin supreme court is the highest court ever to uphold religious-school vouchers, and both sides in the bitter national debate over vouchers are calling this a watershed decision. "It has amazing potential to shake up the political landscape," says Clint Bolick of the Institute of Justice, which argues for voucher programs around the country. But opponents insist the court got the First Amendment law wrong and say they will win if the case goes...
...Tehran for the game, predicted that an Iran victory would create discomfort for Khatami's conservative foes by prompting massive demonstrations and by showing the "Great Satan" as fair players and gracious losers. While the country's conservative spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, sought to spin it as a "bitter defeat" for the "arrogant opponent," the fact that it was celebrated on the streets by hundreds of thousands of men and women mixing freely represented a challenge to Khamenei. "Getting people onto the street to celebrate something as simple as a soccer match is a challenge to the conservatives' austere vision...
...disaffection. Their struggle is one to survive. Fine and Weis document it with language that is less dense than the typical sociological study. As a result, The Unknown City is easy to interpret. But not easy to read. There is a flavor of dejection and hopelessness that leaves a bitter aftertaste, rendering some of the stories painful to get through. While the heavy reliance on interviews give The Unknown City a realistic outlook, it presents astonishing racial and sexist stereotypes in the process. As Buffalo experienced a 21 percent jump in blue collar unemployment from 1960 to 1990, interviewees search...