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...willful copyright infractions. Such a scale for damages was disproportionate to any harm committed, the team suggested, putting it in violation of the constitutional provision against “cruel and unusual” punishment and potentially “slamming the courthouse door?? on those too cowed by the financial burden to consider risking further expenses by fighting the case. Of further concern was the possibility that the recording industry was attempting to use its lawsuits to send a message to potential file downloaders and not just to redress its damages, giving its lawsuits an extra objective...
...going back in.” I leaned towards the door.“Real handsome sight in there. The flowers, and folks looking their best.”“Yes. Well, I’ll see you after the service.” I grabbed the door??s handle and threw it back. But the music had stopped. And the heads were bowing. And I was left there, at the brink of the congregation. I should have gone in. It would have been real easy—no one looking and me sneaking...
...Carter’s appointment to the top spot at the Pentagon’s procurement division breaks a long-standing tradition of appointing former defense industry executives and lobbyists to the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics branch. This is an essential component of breaking the “revolving door?? mentality that has characterized weapons procurement policy in recent years, especially in high-technology, high-cost programs like the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. To that end, we hope that Carter can change the culture of excessive spending and bring common sense...
...come down that hall in Robinson, I think for a happy second I may see her door open and her well again, there in the light,” said Womack, whose office faced Laiou’s for the past twenty years. “The door??s closed now.” Laiou’s son, Vassili N. Thomadakis ’96, said the commencement of every new academic year invigorated his mother, who attributed her youthful appearance to her students. The degree of love and support of the messages delivered to her during...
...turned back toward the manor. One turret had already crumbled, groaning, to the ground. Flames leapt from every window and door??hellish orifices in neat rows. The entire roof of the great hall was a liquid pool of red and yellow. On and on it burned. Within her, another fire lapped ravenously, unforgivingly against the inner walls of her being, threatening to consume her. A rafter fell with an explosion, and Roxanna lifted her hands to shield her face. But then she stilled, staring down with horror at her once ethereally white hands. They were black with soot...