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...increasingly almost any person who owns a personal computer, cell phone, or other trendy technological device that allows for epistolary e-interaction. And it stirs paranoia in anyone who generally enjoys the world of impersonal, anti-social online banter. That is, it affects the users of the ubiquitous AOL Instant Messenger...
...worse, apparently. Consider this gem from the newest version of the terms of service for the AOL Instant Messenger service (AIM): “...by posting Content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy...
Colleges you’ve never heard of become instant conversation topics. Just mention Valparaiso, and any half-educated sports fan will immediately reply, “Bryce Drew.” Drew nailed a three-pointer at the buzzer in 1998 to give the no. 13 Crusaders a shocking victory over no. 4 Mississippi. Valpo made it to the Sweet 16, and Drew’s name has become virtually synonymous with an otherwise unheard-of university...
...There has been an instant response from various religious communities in the United States,” Eck said, adding that on an international level support has “extended across lines of culture and religion...
Smashed has been a smash hit in the one month it’s been on the market, making author Koren Zailckas, 24, an instant celebrity. The book has garnered praise from reviewers ranging from Entertainment Weekly to conservative New York Times columnist William Safire. Zailckas has appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and last month drew an audience of more than 100 students when she spoke at Boston University. Her autobiography is not just for college kids, or even binge drinkers: it speaks to anyone who has ever experienced insecurity...