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...Soon she was posing for Camera Clubs - groups of amateur photographers, almost always men, who got to hone their craft and be near pretty women by taking cheesecake pictures. Professionals noticed her as well, and Bettie had a career as a skin-rag cover girl, though to her it was a rent-paying sideline to her acting studies. Why did she do it? Probably, because she was good at it. When the cameras clicked, her personality clicked on. No wonder she kept smiling...
...role of privacy rights in the 21st century. Given the recent and explosive growth of social-networking websites and the increasingly broad abilities of search and service providers to monitor and interfere with Internet usage, the issue has grown even more pressing. In particular, state and federal legislators must craft a flexible legal framework for dealing with data security, especially as the tools available to insurance companies and other interested observers become increasingly complex and powerful. According to Dr. Alex Pentland, a researcher at the Media Lab, the basics of privacy regulation should be based on the fundamentals of English...
...most actors (if he likes Take 1, he prints it and goes to the next scene). Hey, it's only a movie. And often--say, Breezy, Pale Rider, Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, Flags of Our Fathers, to skim five off the top--they are movies that have the craft and heart of classic Hollywood, without that musty antique odor...
...refused to sign a U.N. document last May in support of the rights of the disabled because it did not include condemnation of abortion, and the rights the fetus with birth defects. Vatican officials nevertheless voiced support for the central principles of the disabled rights document, which Migliore helped craft before the final decision to withhold the Holy See?s signature...
...spend less on frivolous items and shop more judiciously, but when they do shop, they will demand more of the experience and of luxury. For that reason, tough economic times are often the most creative. The picky consumer forces the pretenders?those who do not really believe in their craft or who don't have anything to say with their product?to fall by the wayside, making authenticity the priority...