Word: contently
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...easier," he says. In those cases, Davis has little difficulty deciding that the children would be better off in the custody of strangers. But what to make of a case like Roper's? Her seven-year-old son is attending school regularly. Her two-year-old daughter seemed content as she perched on the Naugahyde couch, watching cartoons. And Roper appeared genuinely distraught at the prospect of losing her kids. But what about the drug test? And the presence of a new boyfriend in her apartment? "I don't know who this 'Doug' guy is," Davis says. "The kids...
...deal that could cost in excess of $4 billion. A Microsoft spokesman would not comment on any negotiations. For Gates, says Elmer-DeWitt, such a deal would make sense in the long term. "A purchase of part of NBC would offer Microsoft a big boost of content for its Microsoft network, not now, but for later on, when bandwidth has expanded to deliver full-motion video online. His strategy is always to line up proprietary content, and either keep that content within his system or make it open and charge a fee for every access...
While the conclusion of the agreement is a cause for jubilation, the problems in translating this paper into reality are formidable. The leaders of the Bosnian Serbs authorized Serbian President Milosevic to represent their people at the Dayton talks, but have since expressed their dissatisfaction with the content of the peace. Much of their talk is the bluster of men who had to make substantial concessions in the peace, yet there remain local Serb leaders who may resist certain provisions, particularly those that call for turning over Serb-controlled suburbs of Sarajevo to the Federation government...
...narrowly defined 'harmful to minors' standard, would produce a 'chilling effect' by holding them responsible for indecent materials in their system," says TIME's John Dickerson. "But the bill lets providers off the hook by allowing them a 'good faith' defense for those who take reasonable steps to label content and enable users to block objectionable material using user control technologies...
...Quittner says that both decisions signal Microsoft's acceptance of the Internet's trend toward an open exchange of information. "Everybody is moving toward opening up their sites and away from these sort of walled-off communities. It doesn't really make sense to wall things off unless your content is so extremely good that people will pay extra to get into...