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...conducting another audit. But regardless of who is right, the devil is in the details, and the AlliedBarton contract deserves Harvard’s highest scrutiny.We also agree with Stand For Security that Harvard should make a public statement supporting their modest demands. The University should issue an explicit statement that itwill stand by its official policy—without allowing for loopholes that allow outsourced jobs to live up to the letter of Harvard’s policy but not its spirit of fairness.That being said, we cannot support Stand For Security’s methods. A hunger strike...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Veritas et Securitas | 5/7/2007 | See Source »

...from joining the site and masquerading as a 13-year-old girl. Although some sites aimed at younger kids, such as Disney' s ToonTown and Ganz' s Webkinz, only let members exchange canned messages, on Zwinktopia kids are free to type their own messages. However, swear words and sexually explicit comments get replaced with a "bleep." And while there is no age verification process, members who claim to be 17 or younger are directed to chat areas separate from older members. On the site' s opening night, conversations on the virtual beach called "Splash" went like this: "If u wanna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Virtual World for the Younger Set | 5/1/2007 | See Source »

...those industries - the fox guarding the foxhole, essentially. But in 1968, Valenti went an audacious step further. Since his arrival in Hollywood, the liberalization of the screen had begun; American movies, long stuck in a bland adolescence, were suddenly and controversially open to "adult themes": nudity, four-letter words, explicit violence. Valenti headed off the puritan backlash. He persuaded Congress to eliminate the regulatory middle man and let Hollywood monitor its own content...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Jack Valenti Did for Hollywood | 4/27/2007 | See Source »

...push toward the runoff as the favorite, he must now make a turn to the center, which may prove to be treacherous territory. Bayrou's surprisingly strong showing means he has replaced Le Pen as the nexus of French discontents, but in defeat Bayrou has given his voters no explicit guidance on how they should vote in the second round. Sarkozy calls himself the "candidate of work" and courts the France that gets up early: he wants simpler labor laws, lower taxes and a leaner public service. Much of that ought to resonate with voters for Bayrou's Union...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Royal has the left and Sarkozy has the right | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

...offending sketch from Daisey’s monologue, “Invincible Summer,” compared the arrogance of New Yorkers to Paris Hilton and repeatedly used explicit language...

Author: By Jeff D. Nanney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Audience Protests Explicit ART Show | 4/25/2007 | See Source »

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