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...District Court, Central District of California, recently dismissed a libel suit against Apple Computer brought by astronomer Carl Sagan. The judge, Lourdes G. Baird, wrote...
...Plantiff's libel action is based on the allegation that Defendant changed the 'code name' on its personal computer from 'Carl Sagan' to 'Butt-Head Astronomer' after Plaintiff had requested that Defendant cease use of Plaintiff's name ... There can be no question that the use of the figurative term 'Butt-Head' negates the impression that Defendant was seriously implying an assertion of fact. It strains reason to conclude that Defendant was attempting to criticize Plaintiff's reputation or competency as an astronomer. One does not seriously attack the expertise of a scientist using the undefined phrase 'butt-head.' Thus...
...Editors) Bureaus: Martha Bardach, Paul Durrant, Leny Heinen, Stanley Kayne, Barbara Nagelsmith, Mark Rykoff, Anni Rubinger, Mary Thompson, Simonetta Toraldo Photographers: Forrest Anderson, Terry Ashe, P.F. Bentley, William Campbell, Greg Davis, Dirck Halstead, Barry Iverson, Kenneth Jarecke, Cynthia Johnson, Shelly Katz, Steve Liss, Peter Magubane, Christopher Morris, Robin Moyer, Carl Mydans, James Nachtwey, Robert Nickelsberg, David Rubinger, Anthony Suau, Ted Thai, Diana Walker...
...Carl A. Tempesta, manager of garage operations and shuttle service, says all kinds of people drive the buses. The staff of 30 includes students, night drivers with other full time jobs, and retirees who drive part-time during...
...detainees, nabbed within the last 48 hours with four kilos of TNT, the culprits? The Argentine authorities, who have desperately paraded a line of dubious Mideastern suspects before the anxious public since July, are keeping these arrests off the front page, says TIME Buenos Aires reporter Carl Honore. The investigating judge has switched his sights from the Palestinian Liberation Organization to Iranian embassy officials to Lebanon over the summer, under pressure to produce results. "This has become almost a farcical soap opera, going in so many directions that everybody's confused," says Honore.BTW...