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...continent that will open their territories. They long to be free of extortionate transportation mafias that saddle the region with what may be the highest shipping costs in the world. The fees are so high that merchants in Cherski often find it more economical to import food products from Alaska than buy from elsewhere in Russia--and Alaska has the highest food prices in the U.S. The northern passage has been used by the military and some Russian shippers for decades. According to Norwegian economist Trond Ramsland, who has analyzed the costs and benefits of the northern sea route...
...when Japan officially surrendered. Much has been made of the anniversaries last month of the bombings at Nagasaki and Hiroshima, but Nation editor Howard Chua-Eoan notes that, for American veterans, this is the date that matters. "The signing of the papers that ended that grisly conflict holds enormous import for those that fought it. Commemorating that event in Honolulu, where it all began, provides a sense of closure...
...root of Thomas' judicial approach is the principle that the original understanding of the Constitution determines its interpretation and application. Not only is his vision faithful to the Constitution as a written document, but it also limits the freedom of judges to import their own philosophies into constitutional law and allows the Legislative and Executive branches to make the policy calls. White calls Thomas' conclusions in the recent desegregation and affirmative-action cases the result of "twisted reasoning and bilious rage." Anyone who knows the Justice and his optimistic outlook, his ready smile and laugh and his gregarious and vivacious...
...often excoriated in their campaign ads. Yet when conservatives seek to undercut the very means of political competition itself--to systematically cut off their ideological opponents from access to advocacy--there is good reason for alarm. Bewildered by attacks on all sides, American liberals need to apprehend the broader import of Republican efforts to entrench themselves in power...
...issue, according to legal scholars, is whether the Internet is a print medium (like a newspaper), which enjoys strong protection against government interference, or a broadcast medium (like television), which may be subject to all sorts of government control. Perhaps the most significant import of the Exon bill, according to EFF's Godwin, is that it would place the computer networks under the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission, which enforces, among other rules, the injunction against using the famous seven dirty words on the radio. In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich Partners...