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...What's interesting is that being on the Lampoon [a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to be occassionally publish a so-called humor magazine], all the seniors go to L.A. or New York and go get writing jobs. And when you're surrounded by that, it's a different atmosphere. You think, "Oh, these guys do survive. They're still living, even though they're not I-banking...
...Until that magical day, uncertainty is tying traders in knots, and the techs will keep bouncing unpredictable around their current semi-dismal levels. One proprietary trader (essentially, a day trader who works for someone) threw up his hands yesterday and took the rest of the week off to play golf...
...freedom of individuals to protect their privacy or to enforce a company-friendly vision of copyright law, and it would be much easier for special interests to capture a private body than a voter-approved one. Unfortunately, ICANN's undemocratic structure is unlikely to change after the first semi-public elections for board members...
...tariff of 1930, a facile comparison of eras that worked perfectly. Gore handed Perot a framed picture of the pair; he interrupted Perot incessantly, made him lose his temper. Gore's decisive victory was the saving of NAFTA and the beginning of the end of Perot as even a semi-serious public figure...
...started with a gambit his daughter Karenna thought of: "I'd like to start by offering you a deal, Jack. If you won't use any football stories, I won't tell any of my warm and humorous stories about chlorofluorocarbon abatement." In one stroke, Gore got in a semi-funny self-deprecating wonk joke and got Kemp off his game. Gore spends the rest of the debate picking at differences between Kemp and Dole (watch for this one from George W. Tuesday), unprepared Kemp wilts...