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This principle was embodied in the First Amendment, which shields virtually all free speech and printed matter. Jefferson, a target of bruising journalistic attacks, spoke ruefully of "the artillery of the press." But like most Presidents since, he recoiled from censorship and cheered the demise of the infamous Sedition Act, which had enabled the Government to jail critical newspaper editors. In various wars the Government has often tried to penalize a newspaper for something it has published ?but only after the article appeared, not before. In 1931 the Supreme Court reinforced that principle in the case of Near...
...Washington, before 100 guests, Secretary of State William Rogers signed the document in the Thomas Jefferson Room of the new State Department building. President Nixon, who had personally worked out the preliminary agreement for the treaty with Japan's Prime Minister Eisaku Sato in 1969, was not present. The official explanation was that while Sato is merely head of government, Nixon is head of government and state as well. Protocol thus dictated that he not attend unless Emperor Hirohito put in an appearance in Tokyo. After Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi signed for Japan, Sato said that he was "happy...
...task is first of all to ensure RCA's classical-record future, then worry about other things. Right now he has his ideas to play with: "I'm gonna live to see the day when we wrap a classical album in the same package with the Jefferson Airplane." He also lusts for the day when quadrasonic tapes and disks-the next step after stereo-will allow listeners to bathe aurally in "kinetic musical experiences." And then he has his search for eternal youth -or rather the eternal youth market. "The kids, they're gonna save us because...
...most common bootleg victims are front-running artists: Bob Dylan, The Band, Jefferson Airplane-any star or group whose name alone is worth fat sales. The practice has long been a problem (Frank Sinatra records were bootlegged in the '40s), but technology has only recently made it attractive to young entrepreneurs. A variety of tape copiers, from $40 recorders to $100,000 stereo duplicating systems, can turn out cartridges, cassettes or reel-to-reel tapes, usually in less time than it takes to listen to them. Music-trade publications and underground newspapers carry ads for the machines, and many...
WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE...