Word: gavelling
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...Ford Foundation provided the money but not the central structure [for these programs]," said KSG official Doug Gavel. "Now, the Institute will provide the central structure for all of them...
...Because the name of this game is customer base - the size of a swap meet being its primary virtue - Napster will do what it takes to beat the gavel and stay alive as a brand and as a destination. And with 60-odd million registered users, Napster is heading into purgatory with a pretty strong hand. But technophile record collectors don't seem the kind of folks to hang around patiently until June just so BMG can start taking their money. Not when there's free milk to be had elsewhere...
Judge Marilyn H. Patel is set to bring the gavel - and the curtain - down on Napster Friday as the online music-swapping service and its major-label pursuers get together in her courtroom for one last dance...
...already voted with its checkbook; the other four major labels may see this as the last best time to join in, now that Napster is at its peak of popularity and staring at the business end of a judge's gavel. Once those users scatter, they won't be back - but they won't be back in record stores either...
...Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch is said to want the job, and nominating him or another "member of the club" would confound possible foes. But Hatch's age, almost 67, works against him. Replacing Rehnquist has its own hazards: Bush must decide whether to give the chief's gavel to the new appointee or elevate a current Justice--triggering another hearing. All the moving parts are at least as hard to juggle if liberals John Paul Stevens or Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for age or health reasons, step down. Conservatives hope vacancies occur before 2002, when Democrats could win back...