Word: elementals
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...jubilant Navasky hailed the ruling as "a victory for the public." But some legal experts contend that the decision's scope might not be as broad as Kaufman's resounding language suggests. The reigning scholar of copyright law, Melville Nimmer of U.C.L.A. law school, said the "essential element" in the case is that "the underlying material is factual." Paraphrasing of fictional material would still violate copyright laws. Columbia Law Professor Benno Schmidt also did not quarrel with the decision but added, "The appropriate principles of copyright protection got bent out of shape by the tremendous newsworthiness...
None of these expedients will prevent students from celebrating victory; they will merely end the most dangerous element of that glee. Tradition is a fine thing, but let's start a new one for the second hundred years...
...didn't want a series of formal declamations about how the Presidency has been interpreted by historians," said Jonathan Moore, Director of the Institute of Politics (IOP) and an organizer of the event. The Institute instead wanted to set up a program that would show the human element of Kennedy's career...
Cohen: No, I think one reason is safety of American citizens. Secondly, there's a very substantial element of direct intervention by an external power, Cuba, and to some extent the Soviets. I think there's something illogical about the argument that you only intervene in those cases where it's extremely difficult...
Another team member, sophomore Andres Fajardo '86, said that while he understood the University's concern, he thought that the element of danger involved was greatly exaggerated. "Alex has taken the precaution not to play a high contact position and greatly reduced the risk of injuring herself," he said...