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...goes too far. "I think people are smart enough to know whether their children should play these games or not," says Chicago mom Michelle Nolan, 37, who keeps her family's PlayStation 2 system in her bedroom so she and her husband can monitor what their children play. And, needless to say, most youngsters consider regulation unnecessary. Alex Spicer, 16, of Orinda, Calif., says that he plays video games for five hours at a time on weekends and that he and his friends stop only for bathroom breaks. He's a huge fan of Halo 2, in which humans...
Puffed up with grand notions of their country's historical greatness, the mullahs have convinced themselves that their Middle Eastern importance and cunning diplomacy give Iran a tactical edge in the nuclear showdown. They scoff at U.S. arguments that Iran's huge oil and gas reserves make nuclear power needless and point out that before the 1979 Islamic revolution, Washington supported the Shah's plan to build nuclear-power plants. In spite of bitter differences with the mullahs over other issues, like freedom and human rights, moderate leaders, including Khatami, have embraced Iran's nuclear aspirations. The regime...
...Needless to say, Charlotte’s introduction to Dupont is a rude awakening. Her waif-lush roommate Beverly Amory, a Groton girl, makes a lifestyle out of drinking and chasing Lacrosse players, and frequently “sexiles” Charlotte (a term, like many bits of slang—including “hooking up,” “getting crunked,” and “grinding” Wolfe delights in establishing his knowledge of). Charlotte’s academic pursuits initially suffer setbacks as well, as when she takes a class...
...never win anything in contests like this,” she explained. “Needless to say, no work was done that night...
...Needless to say, America is not the only country in the world in which such shenanigans go on, nor is the steel industry the only industry that feeds at the public trough. Other countries grant an incredible degree of protection to certain domestic industries, and they, too, should remove their trade barriers. We are particularly concerned about the “dumping” of cheap steel subsidized by foreign governments that compelled Congress to pass the Byrd Amendment. Dumping is just as anti-competitive as raising tariffs...