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...connections who piloted the only plane that escaped the Feb. 24 attack, buzzed Havana, dropping leaflets that exhorted Cubans to overthrow Castro. Cuba complained to the U.S., and the Federal Aviation Administration launched a probe, still ongoing, into whether Basulto's license should be suspended. But that did not deter him from his anti-Castro campaign. According to records the Cuban government provided TIME, the Brothers entered Cuban airspace more than a dozen times in 1994 and '95, and Cuba said it made a diplomatic protest on most occasions. Then, on Jan. 9 and 13 of this year, Basulto repeated...
What really scares people jumping to lay blame on this first-year is the precedent he may set. If everyone thought they'd send messages to their 6,000 closest friends at once, the system would surely collapse. The framing of this nonevent as an "outrage" is meant to deter others from exercising similar capabilities. The threats of Ad Board action, the juvenile graffiti, the pontifications of administrators at the various Harvard computer committees are all out of proportion to the actual offense. They're putting on a show to ward off potential violators...
...term "third rail" is political slang for issues that are sidetracked because they are politically charged and likely to deter voters. Sidetracking is common in American politics today, in issues ranging from health care to the federal budget. Does the sidetracking of crucial issues help or hurt voters in the long...
Allegations that Buchanan's co-chair has associated with white supremacists did not deter Poole or change his beliefs about Buchanan...
...Astronomy Department, Chair Robert P. Kirshner '70 says he has tried to deter such problems through informal discussion "language tests" with TFs at departmental parties...