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Barlow, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, lyricist for the Grateful Dead, country chair of the Wyoming Republican party and co-founder of the non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), is an associate fellow at the Institute of Politics (IOP) this semester, where he heads a study-group called "Cyberspace vs. Meatspace: Border Conflicts between the Virtual and the Physical Worlds...
Barlow says the Electronic Frontier 5Foundation works to protect the "free flow ofinformation [and] essential civil liberties" ofall people, while trying to resolve such problemsas protecting children from exposure to offensivematerials, governing intellectual property rights,determining the extent a country's laws havejurisdiction over the intangible world ofCyberspace and retaining freedom of speech "whilestill permitting recovery for harm" on theInternet...
...standards for us. In Kenya and other African countries, reforms are being implemented that will result in privatization of state enterprises, more efficient public-service structures, a concerted fight against corruption, and removal of economic controls. It is no exaggeration to state that Africa is the new--and last--frontier for investors. MICAH CHESEREM, Governor Central Bank of Kenya Nairobi...
...megacarriers are making life miserable for discount airlines. Five, including Pan Am, Sun Jet and Air South, have recently failed. The stragglers, which include Frontier Airlines and Reno Air, have lost a combined $200 million. The big airlines, by contrast, logged record earnings last year of more than $5 billion, a rise of 28%, their fourth consecutive annual increase. No wonder. In the past year, business-class fares have increased 16%, and average air fares have risen 9%. Meanwhile, the price of jet fuel, the airlines' biggest cost item, keeps dropping...
When the newlyweds arrive in K.T., Lidie quickly realizes that whatever romantic fantasies she had about frontier life are nothing like the harsh environment she suddenly finds herself immersed in. Fortunately, Thomas's friends and their wives prove to be characters sparkling with personality and wit, who make the brutally cold first winter almost tolerable. Soon her adventurous nephew Frank arrives, and Lidie's life, though difficult, brings her contentment...