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These developments are great for the publishing industry, but they're not always beneficial to consumers. Publishers of paper books would love to get rid of the used-book market--after all, the sales bring them no revenue, and a cheap market in used books lowers the demand for new books. Current publishers aren't able to wrap their books in a license agreement and prevent you from selling them after you're finished reading; with a friendly law code and the increasing penetration of electronic books into the marketplace, this could easily change. Remember those licensing requirements every time...
...rid of illegal immigrants, am I going to have to do my own gardening...
...study came out last week stating that global warming is worse than anyone had thought and that human pollution is a substantial cause. Gore pledges a remarkable $171 billion in tax credits and subsidies over 10 years to wean us off our reliance on oil and gas and get rid of polluting factories. Bush--who knows or cares nothing about this subject--finds it convenient to deny that people have anything to do with pollution and wants to solve our oil problems by drilling on pristine lands. In a major speech this week, with swing states like Michigan...
...wind against it, Harvard stayed mostly on the ground. A double-reverse--Rose to Palazzo to Morris to Nwokocha--gained 14 yards and brought Harvard to the 17. Morris barely got rid of the ball on the play, handing off to Nwokocha right as he was drilled by a Dartmouth defender...
...damage, they'll do their best to put that speculation to rest and chart a turnaround strategy. Saddled with $17 billion in debt, Xerox is a bloated company that needs to trim the fat--and fast--to compete with the Japanese and rivals in Silicon Valley. Besides getting rid of the credit division and Xerox PARC, options include bailing on its Japanese joint venture with Fuji...