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...many people. For example, someone having serious personal problems would feel uneasy going to the senior tutor, because the senior tutor can quickly turn into a member of the Administrative Board voting on the matter, while also serving as their “advocate.” Adding the layer of academic advising makes things even more dicey. Similarly, many concentration advisors play the dual role of course and career counselor (requiring honesty from the student) as well as advising the concentration on honors for that student (encouraging the student to withhold concerns). All of these problems stem from individuals...
...also smart enough to know how insecure the network was; wily hackers could easily eavesdrop. Couldn't her dad, a technology consultant, do something? What Johnny Deep did back in 1998 was build her a piece of code that made Messenger secure. Last year, he added an extra layer on which CD tracks could be traded in complete privacy and then propagated the whole program on the Web. The next phase of the free-music revolution had begun...
...Frankly, it gets confusing. But the examination of dirty politics in the Americas gives Chaykin and Tischman the opportunity to add a whole extra layer of meaning to the not-so-unusual man-with-a-secret story...
Hanging over all is the specter of Jimmy Carter in his sweater lowering the thermostat to 68[degrees]. There were worse fashion statements in the '70s than that Mister Rogers-inspired cardigan, but what ridicule the man took for urging citizens to layer their outerwear! While we remember the Saturday Night Live version of Carter's efforts, polls at the time showed that people responded well. Lots of other problems contributed to the Carter malaise and his subsequent re-election loss. But the image persists of that presidential appeal not being presidential. Just ask Dick Cheney next winter. Real...
...Alternatively, there are a number of products designed to keep out UV light that can also block radio waves. Radio frequencies travel easily through glass, but not through bricks or metal. 3M sells Neutral Series Scotchtint, a professionally applied coating that covers windows with a nearly transparent layer of metal. MSC Specialty Films offers a similar product. If you're desperate, you can always drape your window with aluminum foil (which I actually did one night). Or, you can just relax and enjoy the connectivity...