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...fabric of political debate as much as they challenge state control, says Cancer Omega, a systems administrator at attrition.org. "The U.S.-China cyberwar wasn't about politics," he says. "It was simply a high-tech version of two dogs bent on being the last to mark a fire hydrant." But all agree the trend is unstoppable, even a symptom of broader progress. "Technology is seen by governments as the way to improve growth," says Bristow. "But by opening up your borders to it, you're also opening up to instability. Striking a balance is impossible." In his war-weary lament...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Out the Message | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...Americans may judge the Clinton administration harshly for its lack of energy policy - for a failure to promote energy conservation and for its misbegotten ideological refusal to develop domestic sources of energy, especially in Alaska. Americans may rediscover, the hard way, that oil does not gush from a hydrant down the block. Either you cut down on the use of oil, or you find alternative energy sources, or you drill for more oil on land you control. You don't rely on the good will of the Arab oil states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Mideast Crisis May Help Bush | 10/13/2000 | See Source »

...followed his wife, who was "all dolled up," to an assignation with the lover at a restaurant. To make a long story short, the cuckold beat the lover senseless with a motorcycle helmet--sending him to the hospital--and for good measure, rammed the lover's Jeep into a hydrant. The police came, lawyers were hired, Lou and his wife split--and Lou ended up here in a classroom in Brooklyn, N.Y., as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. Though the others chuckle at the fate of Lou's victim--after all, they wouldn't be here if they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Classroom for Hotheads | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

...addition, the Erotic Excerpts section reviews sexually oriented movies and films and hosts some daily features like the Photo, Quote and [Sexual] Position of the Day (past examples: the Alpine Downhill and the Fire Hydrant) to fill out the site's content. Keep an eye out for Moby Dick's timeless whale-penis passage excerpt...

Author: By Benjamin D. Mathis-lilley, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Touching a Nerve.com | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...like the Hope diamond," says Robert Lichter, president of the Center for Media and Public Affairs. "It attracts people and destroys everyone that comes into contact with it. The President's moral standing is destroyed, the political process is suspended and the press, instead of filtering out the fire hydrant of information in the information age, is like a dog urinating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cost Of It All | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

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