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...coming-out party for the new for-profit political digerati, who occupied skyboxes and overflowed a media center that instantly became known as Internet Alley. At Voter.com a site reportedly backed by $50 million in venture capital, 35 computers in a Cyber Cafe spewed briefings, commentary and gavel-to-gavel coverage. "We want to combine really good traditional journalism with edgy contributions from the best guys," says Carl Bernstein, who as executive editor of Voter.com is among a bevy of Old Guard notables to be drawn to the brash new sites...
Well, we've waited this long.... With Redmond, Silicon Valley, Washington and Wall Street all waiting with bated breath for Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's ruling that Microsoft be torn asunder, the judge raised his gavel Thursday and... gave both sides some more time to think. The government has until Monday to respond to the software giant's latest response, filed Wednesday, and Microsoft has until June 7 to respond to that response to its response. Is either side making any significant concessions? Nope. Will an extra week of crossfire do anything to change the judge's apparent desire...
...Clinton Administration finds its chances for a serious foreign policy legacy--on everything from arms control to the Middle East--under Helms' gavel. When he's in the mood, he seems happy to hand the Administration a big win, as he did with NATO expansion last spring. But most of the time he enjoys outfoxing the White House, as he did last year when he got the Senate to reject the nuclear test-ban treaty. At the end of next week, when Clinton flies to Moscow for his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he will be looking over...
Gates' public relations offensive comes just as the gavel is about to crash down. Having found Microsoft guilty, Judge Jackson says he will move quickly--probably in the next three months--to impose remedies to rein it in. Some hawks in the Justice Department are expected to demand a "structural" remedy--breaking the company up into smaller and less dangerous pieces. Microsoft is likely to ask for "conduct" remedies--limits on its future behavior...
...meeting also featured council Vice President John A. Burton '01 wielding the imaginary gavel for the first time, as Driskell ceded the chair to speak for an allocation bill she sponsored...