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...reversed the breakup order while keeping intact much of the lower court's anti-Microsoft rulings. Two weeks ago, the Justice Department, answering to a new President and distracted by Sept. 11, hastily inked an antitrust agreement in which the monopolist basically agreed to play nice. Now, with only minor changes to that deal, nine of the 19 original litigants, including New York, Ohio and Illinois, have found they too can do business with Mr. Bill. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft foots their legal costs but doesn't admit any wrongdoing, although Gates did make a cryptic commitment...
...were considered property. But the Industrial Revolution ushered in the so-called tender-years doctrine, by which mothers held sway. As late as 1971, the Minnesota State Bar Association's handbook advised lawyers and judges that "except in very rare cases, the father should not have custody of the minor children. He is usually unqualified psychologically and emotionally." When James Cook, a Los Angeles real estate lobbyist, divorced in 1974 and sought shared custody of his son, "the judge thought it was preposterous," he recalls. "He told me, 'I don't have permission...
...across is coming across. For my thesis stories, I’ve been giving my advisor drafts to read, and he gives me comments that usually make sense to me, with what I feel is accurate and useful feedback. After that I usually just do one big revision, making minor changes after that. I am thinking about getting more readers for my thesis later on in the process, but it is also good not to have a million people telling you a million different things, which sometimes happens in writing workshops and can be overwhelming...
...film is a dream come true. Columbus faithfully recreates all of the book’s major plotlines, which may satiate his audiences, also clocks the film in at an astounding 142 minutes—practically enough time to re-read the first book in its entirety. While minor alterations have been made (less pivotal characters such as Peeves the Poltergeist have been eliminated), on the whole, Sorcerer’s Stone is one of the most precise book to movie translations to emerge from Hollywood in a long time...
Over the course of the season, different Harvard players have suffered some minor injuries, but almost everyone on the team is well again and will be able to play this weekend. Only freshman Mike Gerrity remains out with a punctured eardrum...