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...soared into the 90s and the negotiators were driven out of their conference room in the 60-year-old main Justice building for lack of weekend air conditioning. They beat the heat in the offices of Microsoft's lawyers, Sullivan and Cromwell, but even there cooler heads did not prevail. In a matter of hours, the negotiations collapsed. "The government's theories for the personal computer industry," said Microsoft senior vice president William Neukom afterward in the company's combative official statement, "were not in the interest of PC users and would have set a bad precedent for other technology...
Whose spinners will prevail? It's too early to tell. Clearly, though, this is only the first of many lobbying rounds that D.C. heavyweights will get rich(er) fighting, as Silicon Valley prepares to do battle over such digital-era terrain as banking, encryption and copyright. Let the air wars begin...
Abdul Koddus says he is confident his vision of Islam will prevail in Egypt and across the Arab world. Recent patterns seem to support his view: while secular governments have contained, if not eliminated, terrorist groups, they have enjoyed less success in holding back the tide of Islam as a political force. In Algeria and Turkey, for example, Islamic parties won stunning electoral victories. Though the triumphs were later reversed by military-backed crackdowns, that only confirmed the potency of their challenges...
Magnolias boasts a rather unprepossessing, though cheerful decor. Bright, smiling clay moons and stars prevail over the blue walls, and the kitschy glass lights look like upturned jellyfish. Ceramic armadillos and alligators play musical instruments. Yet, while from the waist up the restaurant exudes kitsch, from the waist down Magnolias looks like a diner: white tile floors and vinyl seat covers. The Glass Menagerie effect is heightened by the patchwork clown dolls and Mardi Gras beads strewn copiously around the small, intimate dining room...
...attempt to block release of his secret Oval Office tapes. Ever since, Executive privilege has been associated with Executive cover-up, which tends to overlook the legitimate argument that a President has a right to unfettered advice. But prosecutors and Congress have countervailing rights, and to prevail in a privilege claim, a President must show that he has a "compelling need" to keep something secret--a need that outweighs another part of government's right to know...