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...Operation Longarm," federal Customs agents carried out raids in 18 different states on suspects whose names were taken from one of these bulletin boards. According to a Customs Service spokesman, computerized transmission of illegal pornography among pedophiles is rapidly becoming more popular than smutty magazines. The ring, based in Denmark, charged its members about $80 a year and used computers and telephone lines to transmit explicit photos of children ages 5 to 12. Customs officials say this is the first time a high-tech porn ring of this kind has been broken...
...government. Farmers were brought under a common agricultural policy that slashes subsidies and translates into lower food prices. New cars feature catalytic converters so that Italian manufacturers cannot undercut German companies by saving on pollution equipment. Toys from Portugal must meet the same safety guidelines as those made in Denmark...
...barriers have dropped, so a Greek dentist can practice in Aberdeen, Scotland and an Italian lawyer can hang up his shingle in Hamburg, Germany. In actuality, the rules governing professional practice in each country remain decisive. On Jan. 1, internal passport controls were to vanish, but Britain, Ireland and Denmark balked. In the other nine countries, airport controls for internal E.C. passengers will disappear next year, after arrival gates have been reconfigured...
Kings: They've got Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a BU grad school grad. We've got the son of the king of Denmark. MLK was one of the most important men of the 20th century. Mr. Prince isn't (at least not yet). The last important Prince of Denmark was Hamlet. I've read Hamlet. I've seen this Prince. He's no Hamlet. The influence of kings, edge...
...real people trying to live the cyberpunk life. For example, Mark Pauline, a San Francisco performance artist, specializes in giant machines and vast public spectacles: sonic booms that pin audiences to their chairs or the huge, stinking vat of rotting cheese with which he perfumed the air of Denmark to remind the citizenry of its Viking roots. When an explosion blew the thumb and three fingers off his right hand, Pauline simply had his big toe grafted where his thumb had been. He can pick things up again, but now he's waiting for medical science and grafting technology...