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...mobilized its forces last Friday. When Bush woke up Friday morning in Crawford, he was informed of the Israeli assault during his daily national-security briefing. After that, he led an hour-long video teleconference on the crisis with his national-security team. He decided that the Administration would restrict its initial public statements to a Powell press conference that afternoon--and that the statements would contain no criticism of Israel. Powell called for Sharon to "consider the consequences" of his actions and limit civilian casualties, but his posture effectively gave the Israelis a green light. White House officials indicated...
...year. Rival manufacturers Diebold and Fujitsu are also talking up Web-enabled machines. But all agree the ATM experience will be narrowly tailored to keep the line moving, limiting customers' choices to, say, a couple of flower arrangements or a short list of CDs. The new platforms can also restrict activities at certain times--for example, to prevent people from filling out loan applications at 5 p.m. on payday. Ray Gilmore, 16, recently tried to cash his first paycheck at an ATM in a 7-Eleven in Austin, Texas. After spending several minutes trying to sign up for the service...
...backlash started when gun advocates realized that the model law gave health officials the power to restrict the sale of firearms in an emergency; the CDC quickly dropped the word firearms from its list of materials the government could control. Then religious and pro-family groups rebelled against forced treatment and vaccination; so several states considering the legislation took out provisions making refusal to be vaccinated a misdemeanor. Gay activists feared that the bill might permit states to quarantine people who have HIV or AIDS. The CDC responded by narrowing its definition of a public-health emergency. But the most...
First, the bill bans soft-money contributions to political parties but it does not restrict soft-money from going to special interest groups such as the Sierra Club. This means that more money will now flow to these groups which have much looser contribution restrictions than political parties and which are far less accountable to voters than political campaigns and parties. The bill will forbid political organizations from airing “issue ads” for 60 days preceding elections. Presumably, this rule will effectively prevent large unions and corporations from excessively bashing those candidates who oppose their interests...
Boston contains numerous colleges, which means it also contains numerous college bars. Yet, sadly, too many of us restrict our imbibing experiences to the one-mile radius around the Square that stretches from the People’s Republik (if you venture to Central Square) to Temple Bar (if you are banished to the Quad). But this need not be so. Undergraduates, rejoice: A short T ride, $5 cab or 10-minute drive (designated, please) brings students to a fifth-dimensional place where people almost like us inhabit bars nearly the same as our own. For those not so intrepid...