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...though not a person’s contact information. “Currently, Facebook gives permissions for applications to view all the users’ information,” Felt said. According to the company’s privacy policy, Facebook does require application developers to agree to respect users’ private information—but the company has no way of enforcing that requirement. “While we have undertaken contractual and technical steps to restrict possible misuse” of personal data, the document reads, “we of course cannot and do not guarantee...
...said Anna Kosovsky, a senior at Bowdoin College. “I think she expressed herself much better in French.”Audience members asked Royal to address more controversial topics, such as whether students should be allowed to wear turbans in school. “We respect all religions but nobody can trouble somebody else with exterior signs of religion,” responded Royal.When asked about Quebec sovereignty, Royal brushed aside the question, despite having supported it in the past.“It’s in the program that she supported Quebec sovereignty...
...economic changes in the more than 20,000 children my project represents, particularly the girls. They are marrying later and having fewer offspring. Children are learning much needed life skills. More important, there is now hope. Despite staggering odds, kids are thinking about the future. There is new respect for the rule of law and support for democracy. Children are learning common languages and even playing soccer together. Schools are not simply teaching the three Rs--they are nation-building...
...thoughts on the current Writers’ Guild Strike both as a friend of many focal figures in the fray and as a writer herself. “The fact that [Jon] Stewart and [Stephen] Colbert came back on the air to keep their crew working—I respect that. Maybe elsewhere it feels like, ‘Oh, there’s less stuff on TV,’ but it [the strike] is going on so long because of pure greed.” She firmly believes that writers deserve credit for their work, and that...
...After about five seconds, his charm won out. The boos were overwhelmed by cheers, and McCain was able to finish a sentence about his unpopular plans to deal with illegal immigration. "I respect your opposition," he told the thousands who had gathered - which was the point of his appearance at the conference on the very day that he effectively sewed up the Republican nomination...