Word: notionally
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...they're missing. Censorware produces unpredictable and often unwanted results (see box), and most filterers consider their blacklists trade secrets. This puts Loudoun County in the position of letting private firms pass judgment on the contents of a medium that's supposed to offer easy access to all--a notion that's especially dubious in the case of the "free public library," Internet provider of last resort for those who can't afford a computer. "We serve the information needs of the whole community," says Judith Krug, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom. "Identifying...
Such First Amendment echoes make even conservative Congressmen nervous. "I endorse the notion of filtering devices at home," says Bob Goodlatte, a pro-CDA Republican Representative from Virginia, "but there's certainly a legitimate debate as to how to do it in libraries without introducing a major form of censorship...
...with his father had founded HCA in 1968. "Frist saw the family's name being tainted, and he couldn't take it anymore," says Kenneth Abramowitz, who follows the health-care industry for the Sanford C. Bernstein investment firm. But a high-ranking FBI official derided as "ludicrous" any notion that Scott's departure will end the government's probe of Columbia. Says he: "This is an investigation that is very much ongoing...
...estate. Besides facilitating her brief marriage to Michael Jackson, Lisa Marie's majority has freed EPE to take greater risks; thus the real estate deals and coming clubs and casinos. Even in Elvisworld, however, there is such a thing as excess. Priscilla turns up her nose at the notion that Elvis clubs might some day reach a McDonald's level of saturation. "Then it's about nothing but money," she says, "and you lose what it is all about." All of which begs the question, How many Elvis bowling shirts are too many? It's a fair...
...year ago, knowing he was dying, Arthur Liman told me he wanted to write about his life as a lawyer. He had a notion that he could inspire young lawyers to regard our profession as he did--a way to serve the public interest. Arthur was worried that publishers wanted something else--gossip, indiscretions, boasts. He knew so many important people, had handled so many famous cases, that such a book could have been a best seller. But he was steadfast. "I won't do a book like that," he would say. He was too loyal to his clients...