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...internal memos and e-mails, the Microsoft boss is fast becoming his own worst enemy. While Gates told the shareholders that the DOJ had "misused e-mail snippets to create a false impression," his lawyers have used none of their lengthy periods of cross-examination to offer a better context. And the combination of Gates's dismissive attitude and faulty memory won't go down well with the judge either, says Cohen: "You need to be deft in explaining why you don't remember something. I'm not sure his performance rises to that level." Microsoft may be earning stockholders...
...Memorandum cannot be understood except in the context of the Oslo Accords which preceded it. The Accords were to be the actualization of the "land for peace" model which many thought would culminate in a Palestinian state. But in fact, the Accords set the framework for a very limited Palestinian autonomy, delegating to the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) the dirty job of monitoring the activities of Palestinians and suppressing Palestinian struggle for true self-determination and human rights. Worst, the Accords gave the P.A. very little ability to improve the life conditions of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza regarding...
...extracted the concessions at a time when the company's profits for 1995 and 1996 totaled $11.8 billion. To put that figure in context, it would be enough money to run the West Carrollton schools, where most Moraine children attend classes, for the next 400 years. As 1997 gave way to 1998, GM dangled the possibility of yet another plant before the Moraine city fathers, and they jumped. This time the tax relief amounts to an estimated $28 million--or about $156,000 for each of the 180 new jobs to be created...
TIME strives for its share of scoops, taking news tips wherever we might find them--and working through many other sources to confirm them and add context. Most weeks I am happy with the results, although we also have some scalps on our belt (this summer's infamous Tailwind story immediately comes to mind) that I wish weren't there. But along with the scoops and the stories of the week, we have devoted substantial resources to special reports that take you behind the headlines so you can understand how our society really works...
Finally, homosexuality tends to lower population and thus could be an incredibly useful tool in the modern social context. Perhaps it is time that the essentially anachronistic practice of heterosexual monogamy disappear. NATHAN W. HILL...