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...Death of the CDA The ill-conceived and overbroad Communications Decency Act got the early grave it deserved. The Supreme Court, in ruling the smut bill unconstitutional, gave the First Amendment a firm foothold in cyberspace. Antiporn activists were not deterred, however; a more narrowly focused cda II has already landed in the Senate...
China's emergence as a regional power and a rising world superpower has raised calls for containment among some security experts while American businesses are clamoring for engagement to gain a foothold in the enormous Chinese market...
...about a side door? A growing number of U.S. hoteliers, including Days Inn and Choice Hotels International, owner of Comfort Inn, as well as U.S. investment banks have spotted an opening in the form of joint ventures with foreign companies. They are tiptoeing through it to secure a foothold in a Cuban tourism industry that continues to grow without an American presence...
...body. But some scientists believe that if the virus is caught early enough in the cycle of infection, it may some day be eradicated from the body. Why not hit the virus immediately after the first suspected exposure, thus wiping it out before it manages to get a foothold...
ALGIERS: A weaker than hoped-for turnout gave Algerian President Liamine Zeroual's party 150 seats in the country's first elections since 1992. But fundamentalist parties captured 103 seats, giving the country's Islamic movement a potentially important foothold once again in Algerian politics. More than 60,000 have been killed in the struggle between the government and the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) since the Islamic party, which looked sure to gain control of the government in the 1992 elections, was outlawed after an army coup. Although the FIS is still party non grata, Zeroual has agreed to allow...