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...says TIME legal correspondent Adam Cohen. "This case, just like Microsoft, probably wouldn't have been brought five years ago." And with Time Warner not only looking to merge its music division with that of EMI but also hoping the FTC will approve its swallowing by AOL, a no-fuss settlement is an excellent way to signal to the trustbusters that it's a gentle giant. "In this climate, it doesn't want to look like it's using its size or connections unfairly," says Cohen. Click here to forward this story to Bill Gates...
...abrupt halt. The English Patient went on to win Britain's prestigious and commercially influential Booker Prize and was then turned into a 1996 Academy Award-winning film. A lot of people--those who loved the novel and/or film and those who professed bafflement at all the fuss--began waiting for Ondaatje's next novel...
Despite all the fuss that's being made over how kids react to TV violence, it may be the adults who are getting the wrong view of youth violence from the boob tube - and who are overreacting accordingly. Two criminal justice think tanks, the Justice Policy Institute and the Children's Law Center, have examined the federal data and, in a report released Wednesday, concluded that almost all forms of youth crime, including violent crimes and homicide, have been on the decline throughout the U.S. for the past decade. That applies to the inner cities and the suburbs...
...other schools in the country should abandon the early decision process; it puts an unfair burden on applicants, and it penalizes those students who decide to wait to apply in the spring. So let's make life easier for everyone: One round of applications, no muss and no fuss...
...Kennedy story escalates, there's plenty of tongue-wagging over how the Army managed to dig itself into this situation. Some Pentagon-watchers speculate that since Kennedy initially reported the incident on an informal basis - she apparently tried to do the decent thing by not making a fuss - it's possible the higher-ups in charge of issuing appointments never heard about the alleged transgression. Of course, even if their alibi is airtight, there is a general recognition that the Army, as well as Kennedy and Smith, are looking at a rough ride as these accusations play...