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...showed me some before-after pictures of the Yard. (These had just been presented to Drew Faust some weeks back.) The most striking transformation is of Tercentenary theatre, in particular the courtyard of Sever Hall. The earlier pictures are barren and ghostly, and emphasize Sever’s gothicisms. It is the Caspar Friedrich David the Fogg never had. A decade later, there is a transformation. The honey locusts are robust, dappled light all streaming to the ground, ready for a cluster of students for an admissions catalogue...
...reindeer, however. 9. A velvet skirt. The last time velvet was acceptable in a skirt was during the Elizabethan era. This is because they didn’t have the advantages of furnaces or insulation. They also enjoyed bear-baiting. 8. High-heeled, thick-soled loafers. This particular brand of perennially scuffed footwear is popular among the women of Harvard. I don’t really understand this. The last time I saw this pair of shoes outside Harvard was when I watched “French Kiss” with Meg Ryan. I was 10. 7. Glitter makeup. This...
Perhaps more importantly, though, is the effect of DRM on fair uses of electronic media. Electronic copyright enforcement through software is a problem, because software is “stupid.” Fair use, in particular, is a complex set of laws that is meant to be interpreted by judges; to attempt to regulate fair use with a piece of software is quixotic and shortsighted. There’s still no way to loan Amazon e-books to friends, borrow them from libraries, photocopy sections of them for a class, or sell a used copy, rights which have...
...Opponents of the bill reject that argument, claiming there are already criminal laws on the books in Florida prohibiting fraudulent absentee voting, carrying with them a maximum sentence of five years in prison. "When you do your absentee, if I'm not mistaken, they have to certify on that particular absentee ballot that they are who they say they are," says Dianne Wheatley-Giliotti, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida, which is not formally involved with the suit. "To fraudulently swear you are in violation of the law - if someone willingly does this, they are subject...
...Bachelet has not hesitated to eat humble pie over Transantiago. She has apologized publicly and, at a recent breakfast with foreign correspondents, said the system's failures caused her "deep pain." The debacle is a particular embarrassment to Chile, which prides itself on being an oasis of order in an often chaotic continent. A parliamentary commission is investigating what went wrong with Transantiago, and its report is not expected to make happy reading. But Santiaguinos will have plenty of time to read it, while waiting on line for buses...