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...council representatives are ostensibly offering their ring-selling services pro bono. However, the council as a whole is accepting $3,000 as part of the same bill authorizing the one-ring deal—a juxtaposition which council member Jason L. Lurie ’05 rightly called “bribery.” In last week’s arguments, other representatives criticized the bill and Vice President Michael R. Blickstead ’05 withdrew his sponsorship for a modified bill because it “prostitut[ed] an idea to other companies...

Author: By Nicholas F.B. Smyth, | Title: Bored of the Rings | 3/23/2004 | See Source »

...Number of letters received by the FCC after it ruled that Bono did not violate broadcast-decency standards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Mar. 22, 2004 | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...Number of complaints to the FCC over Bono's use of the F word during last year's Golden Globe Awards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Mar. 22, 2004 | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...Mine?s not a pure FCC obscenity story.?Yes, the expletive is classified by the FCC as "strong" since it was used as a verb - as opposed to Bono?s euphoric Golden Globe exclamation last year , "It?s f___ing brilliant," which is considered OK because, well, he was just saying it for emphasis and not talking about an act of, um, love. But my outburst was never supposed to make it on the air. It was not part of a lewd series.? The FCC never even contacted the station to complain. KCRW called my firing a "preemptive distancing." Although...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How I Lost My Radio Show | 3/16/2004 | See Source »

After Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone came out, the Walkmen dealt with comparisons of all sorts, not just to indie rock acts like the Strokes and Interpol, but even U2, as some critics compared Leithauser’s voice to that of the young Bono...

Author: By Rebecca M. Milzoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Everyone Who Pretended to Like Them Was There | 3/5/2004 | See Source »

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