Word: fax
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...appalled to read about the Clinton Administration's desire to have the Clipper Chip semiconductor device installed in most U.S. electronic equipment ((TECHNOLOGY, March 14)). Opponents of this move point out that it would allow the U.S. government to keep tabs on phone, fax and computer traffic, and so foreign consumers would not want to buy American-made electronic gear if the government could listen in. With the increasing reliance of the world on electronic devices, our privacy will shrink more and more. The Clinton Administration wants to take away our constitutional right to such privacy. Big Brother will...
Currently, the term bill fee is $20 and the council's annual budget is in the neighborhood of $120,000. A portion of this goes to operational costs (office supplies, space rental, phone and fax lines, maintenance and upkeep of equipment, etc.);$80,000 goes to student grants and the remaining amount--about $30,000--goes to fund council activities...
...Fax machines were the key to the democratization of Eastern Europe...
Sinatra himself makes no excuses. "I'm feeling fine," he told TIME last week in a rare interview, conducted via fax. (It is the way he handles all requests for comments from the press.) As for Grammy night, Sinatra admits to being emotional. "When I walked out onstage at Radio City Music Hall, I wanted to shake hands with everyone there...
...vigilantly enforcing restrictions against overseas sales of competing encryption systems, the government is trying to make it difficult for any alternative schemes to become widespread. If Clipper manages to establish itself as a market standard -- if, for example, it is built into almost every telephone, modem and fax machine sold -- people who buy a nonstandard system might find themselves with an untappable phone but no one to call...