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...ambulances, the pitch rose toward the film’s climax. We immediately began to suspect the worst—surely, if there were ambulances, someone must be hurt! Sensational! And when the police assured us that ambulances were always present at fires as a matter of protocol, you could almost hear our collective sigh—of relief, of course...
Lewis said the University does not actively search out copyright infringers, but must take action if copyright owners contact the school with the Internet protocol (IP) number of the computer used to infringe the copyright...
...planning in the wake of the terrorist attacks. What if the destruction of Sept. 11 had never happened? Bush would still be pushing to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He would still be turning away from the U.N. and declining to sign treaties such as the Kyoto Protocol, the Small Arms Ban and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The current crisis has limited Bush’s ability to go astray on other policy issues for now, but I’d wager that in three months, he’ll be back to his usual tricks...
International relations should be based on reciprocity. Dealings with the U.S., however, have become a one-way street. In his first days as President, George W. Bush threatened to unilaterally nullify both the Antiballistic Missile Treaty and the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. And even as he pushed through a $1.35 trillion tax cut at home, he balked at paying the $1.5 billion the U.S. owes the United Nations in membership dues...
...Jazeera's founder and primary benefactor. As is so often the case when First Amendment expectations collide with wartime diplomacy, the parameters of "acceptable censorship" seem to depend entirely upon personal perception. In this case, anyway, Powell's entreaty does not appear to have crossed any serious lines of protocol...