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...studio analyst, he's submitting himself to humiliating weekly weigh-ins in a bid to get back in shape. "I don't drink anymore," he says, over the phone. "Well, I only drink two days a week, and I restrict myself to a six-pack." Somehow, Barkley has dropped 13 lbs., though his proud testimonial is drowned out by chewing noises. "I'm eating cantaloupe." With prosciutto? "Shut up!" O.K., then...
...heavily-regulated campaign finance regime. Donations to parties will be limited, but those to independent organizations--e.g., the notorious "Republicans for Clean Air"--will not. The Supreme Court has protected their spending as free speech, and rightfully so. By allowing the government to regulate political speech, we necessarily restrict the voices that will be heard and run the risk of further strengthening incumbent politicians...
...producers had agreed to modest increases in the supply when prices rose way about $30 a barrel last fall, but a substantial fall in prices in December is prompting moves to once again restrict the supply. Leading OPEC members such as Saudi Arabia have set a target price range of between $22 and $28 a barrel - a figure Washington can live with despite Energy Secretary Richardson's lobbying against a cut, because it represents minimal inflationary pressure...
...parents who once used their televisions as baby sitters are now doing the same with their home computers. More than half the British parents polled in the study (commissioned by toymaker Hasbro) spend four hours or less each week playing with their children. Only a third of the adults restrict the time their kids spend on computers, and a third say they have no concern for their children's safety while they are online...
...Time Warner would give AOL preferential or exclusive access to its cable network. That would disadvantage other Internet service providers, all of whom are looking to cable as the most versatile broadband delivery alternative. Companies like Disney complained that in addition to limiting open access, the new company might restrict interactive TV (ITV) services over TW cable. Then a roster of instant-messaging companies charged that AOL was preventing any competitor's messages from penetrating AOL's proprietary IM architecture. By the fall, when AOL Time Warner had initially estimated they would close the deal, "the FTC was hitting...