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ConnectU first sued Facebook in 2004 for breach of contract and copyright violations, but the case was dismissed on a legal technicality. Cameron Winklevoss said they sent a cease and desist letter to Zuckerberg six days after Facebook launched, emphasizing that they challenged the site before it became successful...
...will become the 25th music director and second-youngest appointment in Philharmonic history. Gilbert will succeed Lorin Maazel, who will serve the last two seasons on his contract...
Gilbert’s contract will require him to conduct for 12 weeks each year for five years. He will also lead the orchestra on international tours and preside over its artistic progress...
Whether New Hampshirites have simply adapted to all the attention they receive, or are genuinely excited about the process is difficult to determine. But, without a doubt, the voters here are a breath of fresh air to anybody who believes in our civil contract. The primary system is in need of a massive reform, but until then, the purest form of town hall democracy continues its long tradition here in New Hampshire. Robert G. King ’09-’10, a Crimson editorial editor, is a history concentrator in Winthrop House...
Victoria--whose husband David, a soccer star and clotheshorse, has signed a huge contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy team--graced TV screens on July 16 in a reality show about her family's new life. It is fair to say that her useful insights--"High heels are good because they really lengthen you out"--did not win over all viewers. The show, sniffed the New York Times, "tests the American market's seemingly insatiable demand for rich, idiotic It girls." But the real point of the Beckhams' arrival is that it solidifies the mutual love affair between British celebs...