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...years," Genson said to reporters. "I never require a client to do what I say, but I do require clients to listen to what I say." Among other things, Genson said he wasn't being included in key decisions on whether to file suit to attempt to block the impeachment trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Blagojevich Circus Comes to the State Senate | 1/26/2009 | See Source »

...Junior guard Jeremy Lin once again paced the Crimson with 21 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Lin also added seven rebounds, four assists, and a devastating block in the first half that brought the crowd to its feet...

Author: By Lucas A. Paul, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WEB UPDATE: Harvard Disappointed in Overtime Loss | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

...House chief of staff Rahm Emmanuel sent out a memo ordering a halt to all federal regulations not yet finalized until the new team could review them. For the environment, that meant Obama was able to save the gray wolf from being removed from the Endangered Species Act and block a pair of new air-quality rules, including one that would prevent the regulation of greenhouse-gas emissions from oil refineries. (Read "High Hopes for Obama's Green Dream Team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Cleans Up After Bush | 1/24/2009 | See Source »

...speed with which the post spread suggested that the managers of some Chinese websites, who are required by the state to purge their chat rooms and blogs of material critical of the government, may have been slow to block an attack on an official who oversees their industry. "Mr. Chen was really arrogant," read the post, according to a translation by China Digital Times, a website run by the Berkeley China Internet Project. "When he talked about the websites under his management, it was like he was talking about his own pets. He said: 'The orders from above (about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's 'Netizens' Take On the Government | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

...This week, in an apparent attempt to block further online manhunts, the city of Xuzhou in Jiangsu province banned the posting of private information about government officials. But authorities may find that those who post such information don't so easily follow orders. "This a metaphor for what the Internet is doing in China," says Xiao. "It is precisely the very [Internet] controllers themselves now being harmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's 'Netizens' Take On the Government | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

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