Word: idea
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Throughout the evening, Kaminer returned to the idea that every individual has a different definition of pornography, and therefore to set definite laws against pornography would limit free speech...
...think this is just a grand idea! Why stop at internships? Why not elect the President by randomly selecting from all those qualified? And why wait until you are an "Internship Coordinator"? For your next date, just randomly select from all those qualified. I'm sure it will make a wonderful pick-up line: "Hey, babe, even though you aren't the best, you have been randomly selected from all agreeable candidates." And the criticism you give to those who don't "make the cut" will be valuable for their own edification...
After all, what is the first thing that happens when you ban a company producing sneakers for Nike in Thailand from hiring child workers? You put children out of jobs. And while in principle the idea of children working long hours under questionable conditions might seem unacceptable to Western sensibilities, the alternative of surviving without even an exploitative job for support is much worse. Most of these kids work because they have to, and will continue to do so whether Western firms hire them...
Even if the posters were created lightheartedly or in jest, these slogans are so obviously contrary to the idea of women's liberation and female empowerment that I am embarrassed as an actor and a woman. I strongly object to being referred to as "Adam's rib," and the idea that women's theater is performed so that guys can drool over us is obscene...
Enter Internet telephony. The idea is simple: Internet phone companies digitize the voices of the two people speaking on the phone and send the voices as packets through a standard high-speed IP connection instead of the PSTN. Because packets don't have to be sent in order or in sync, many more callers can be accommodated through relatively cheap, high-speed fiber lines. No computer is required on either end--IP phone companies take advantage of local phone systems to be the front--and back--ends of their calls...