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...some, the computer medium is extremely liberating. It can provide a front from behind which users express their true desires without repercussions. "People who want to hide behind the computer screen can," notes "Hot Lips," a Lowell resident. Controversy rages over the issue of whether a virtual existence is more or less valid than a physically interpersonal one. In a sense, a net relationship allows more honesty than a conversation face-to-face. Things which are difficult to share in person can be expressed anonymously, without risk to one's reputation. Anonymity gives rise to the expression of desires that...
Barings may have wanted to look the other way. They had allowed Leeson to remain chief trader while also being responsible for settling his trades. At most banks the two jobs are split because allowing a trader to settle his own deals makes it simpler for him to hide the risks he is taking-or the money he is losing. As early as March 1992, an internal fax warned that "we are in danger of setting up a structure which will prove disastrous, in which we could succeed in losing either a lot of money, client goodwill or both...
...investigation, suggesting that he had helped cover up Raul's role in the case. The murdered politician's brother spent nearly seven hours Thursday being grilled by investigators regarding possible criminal omissions in his inquiry. Afterward, Mario Ruiz Massieu declared it ``an atrocity to think that I would hide information to benefit the murderer of my brother.'' On Friday night Ruiz Massieu was arrested at Newark International Airport...
...Christopher Kraft, a key figure in the Apollo moon program, says future shuttles should haul space cargo commercially, and advises NASA to cut back on an expensive "safety shield" for astronauts developed after the 1986 Challenger explosion. "Safety is one of those terms that can be used to hide behind and prevent necessary change and innovation," the Kraft team wrote. NASA officials say the report is "one piece of many'' that agency officials are assembling as they try to chart a low-budget future...
...tolerance runs low when it comes to the racket that he overhears, but when it comes to his own privacy, he has no secrets. "I'm sure they hear everything too," he says, "but I don't care. I've got nothing to hide. Like when my girlfriend would come over, she would joke around and moan and stuff...