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...should you, according to U.S. trade officials and record industry executives, who view the site as the most flagrant piracy operation in Russia, a country rapidly gaining on China as a counterfeiting center. At least 24 optical disc plants, including some on government-owned property, now produce bootleg DVDs, CDs and software in Russia, according to the International Intellectual Property Association (IIPA). Crime syndicates are widely believed to control the business, worth an estimated $1.7 billion a year, according to the IIPA. With Russia seeking entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Western governments are pressuring Moscow to crack down...
...then again by Harvard University Police. In addition to threats of ticketing, towing, and even court action by the Cambridge Police, Harvard students had to deal with disciplinary action by the College. In March 1955, seven undergraduates received a month’s probation for “flagrant violations of University and Cambridge parking regulations,” and for what Dean of Students Delmar Leighton referred to as a “failure to behave with the maturity and responsibility expected” of Harvard students.Not all students felt pressure from the law—many who used...
Border crossing at the Ladd ranch is so flagrant that sometimes the illegals arrive by taxi. A dirt road parallels the border fence and the Ladd property for several miles, in full view of border-patrol electronic lookout posts that ceased functioning long ago. When drivers reach an appropriate location, passengers pile out and run through one of the many holes in the fence and make their way across the ranch...
...Republicans "debate how they can project change while keeping things much the same." What an insult! Instead of endeavoring to serve the people, those "public servants" want to use lip service and cosmetic changes to pull the wool back over our eyes. There can be no excuses for their flagrant disrespect and misuse of public office. Jeremiah Duke Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania...
...Republicans "debate how they can project change while keeping things much the same." What an insult! Instead of endeavoring to serve the people, these "public servants" want to use lip service and cosmetic changes to pull the wool back over our eyes. There can be no excuses for their flagrant disrespect and misuse of public office. Jeremiah Duke Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, U.S. A Sweater for All Seasons Your notebook item "No Changing His Stripes," about Bolivia 's new President, Evo Morales, and his omnipresent striped pullover [Jan. 23], made me wish there were more leaders like Morales who would pay less...