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...their customers? CompuServe posts only a written notice, warning people to be careful when they venture forth. "The Internet is a completely different place," says spokeswoman Michelle Moran. "You're on your own. We're not responsible for lost or stolen items." At Prodigy the registered head of the household, using a credit card for verification, must activate an Internet connection for each family member. That way, access can be denied to the kids. Or a husband...
Having grown up in a large and fairly strict household, to say that I was eager to be out on my own would be a gross under statement. All I can remember is how psyched I was to get my college years underway, especially the first year, which was supposed to be the most...
...unprecedented degree, it can disseminate the spirit of understanding, humanity, human solidarity and spirituality, or it can stupefy whole nations and continents. And just as our use of atomic energy depends solely on our sense of responsibility, so the proper use of television's power to enter practically every household and every human mind depends on our sense of responsibility as well...
Wrong. but at least he doesn't have to pay for another trial. Earlier this year, Indianapolis lawyer Rader represented a disabled factory worker in his 50s who had been charged with raping an eight-year-old girl. His household income was about $25,000 a year, and his life savings totaled $10,000. The man's defense was that he is impotent, and he underwent a medical test that bolstered that claim. The test cost about $2,000; deposition and expert fees cost another $2,000; Rader accepted $6,000 rather than her customary $10,000 for the case...
...euphoria was not limited to the O'Grady household. In the White House, Lake decided it was time to allow himself a moment of mild celebration. "Mr. President," he declared, "with or without your permission, I'm going to smoke a cigar." Clinton was one step ahead of his Security Adviser. "Well, come on over," he replied, "I'm having one too." Sidestepping the First Lady's ban on White House smoking, the two men walked out onto the second-floor Truman Balcony, gazed in the direction of the Washington Monument and lit up a pair of stogies...