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...books and information,” he wrote.Schroeder said that the AAP had been in talks with Google to pursue various means for Google to receive the permission of publishers and authors before copying their work.Among the options proposed by the AAP was a system similar to the Open Content Alliance, an internet archive partnered with the search engine Yahoo! that allows users access only to works in the public domain and those for which they received publishers’ permission, said Schroeder.“We thought [Google was] listening to us, but apparently not,” said...
Going to a museum, one comes across greatness where it is least expected; this time its true in terms of both location and content. Through the courtyard and tucked in the back of the Fogg museum is the Strauss Gallery, which is currently featuring “A New Kind of Historical Evidence: Photographs from the Carpenter Center Collection,” showcasing a collection in three parts of photographs amassed and until now collecting dust like most of the university’s gathering in a Harvard depository. Hidden from tourists and casual museum-goers only interested...
...Zipser declined to comment on the content of the Council’s discussion of the survey data...
...don’t believe in answering any question by saying never because life is too uncertain. But I cannot foresee a circumstance in which I’d run for public office again. I feel very content with my life today, and I’m excited about what I’m going to be doing in the foreseeable future. Maybe if the next president is a friend of mine, I’ll become ambassador to the Bahamas...
...whether she was asked or made promises to people on how she would vote on the Court before her nomination. Both Bush and Texas Senator John Cornyn will hold events with former Texas Supreme Court justices who will announce their support for Miers. And while Democrats have mostly been content to watch the Republican intramural fight, Senators Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein will meet with the nominee on Monday. Feinstein's impressions will be particularly important, as she is the only woman on the Senate Judiciary Committee and will closely examine Miers' views on abortion...