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...Block the Internet Relay Chat channel innocently named #nancy (in reality an S&M pickup spot), as well as the famously steamy #hottub channel...
...done it again. Despite all the crazy exclusives our papers have come up with during the whole saga, they all had one thing in common: the belief that O.J.'s trial was unfair in various ways. But now it amazes me to see that the media and the infamous chat show O.J. appeared on had no qualms in acting as police, judge and jury to a man who has, after all, been found not guilty of murder. The truth is that the British press warps its sense of judgment and justice to boost sales figures. Simpson has little to worry...
Well, O.K., I figured, the Internet crumps out. So what? Sure, I use it, but I could get along without it. I'm not a Web zombie. I'm not someone who is thrown into a tizzy by the thought that the athlete's-foot chat room will someday go dark. When nobody is logging on anywhere, I won't be wandering the streets buttonholing strangers who might just feel the need to share stories of unbearable itching...
...greeted incoming students, extinguishing their apprehensions with superficial chit-chat and ice cream. For the first time in college, I felt that I had some wisdom to offer and the obligation to pass it on to younger students. Moreover, I finally felt comfortable enough at Harvard to lead visitors on tours of campus and regale them with anecdotes about the QRR and Primal Scream...
...enemy. Up until now they have seemed that way. Words muck up deals, create divisions, draw battle lines, are misunderstood. When you are a legislator, silence is your friend. The unspoken word never has to be taken back. (And dust-bowl Kansas wasn't exactly a place for airy chat; you grew up in the last age of yup and nope. "Lost the farm." "Bad." "Still tryin'." "Good.") Now it's all different. When you run for President, words are your friend, your only friend. You must "martial them to fight for you,'' in Margaret Thatcher's phrase. This will...