Word: suits
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...deserves at least as much protection as print," wrote the judges. "As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest protection from governmental intrusion." The decision is at least a temporary victory for the ACLU, which along with 57 other organizations had filed suit against the act once it passed. "The ACLU argued that no additional laws were needed to regulate the Internet," says TIME's Philip Elmer-DeWitt. "Child pornography and obscenity are already illegal and the government has been very effective in dealing with infractions." The Philadelphia panel's decision...
...have a stain on your jacket." For a moment, Netanyahu turned red with panic. Then Peres burst out laughing. It was a good joke but a smug one, reflecting the Prime Minister's supreme confidence as it played on his challenger's reputation as a handsome but empty suit. In the end, though, the humiliation belonged to Peres, the last laugh to the glib former diplomat with only eight years' experience in the take-no-prisoners world of Israel's electoral politics...
...peace deal might actually satisfy both Assad and Netanyahu, it would not suit Clinton at all. His Administration has devoted tremendous time and effort to brokering an Israeli-Syrian treaty. In Washington's view, it is an essential step in permanently unwinding the tensions of the region--not to mention an opportunity to demonstrate Clinton's credentials as a statesman in an election year. Now the State Department rules out reviving negotiations at least until after the U.S. vote...
When the Government Department decided to eliminate general exams as a requirement for an honors degree, we sighed but thought it was an aberration. When the History Department followed suit, however, we realized this was no isolated incident but an unfortunate trend.... We regret that two of Harvard's largest departments, in trying to make their requirements more palatable to students, are diluting their curricula...
Garzilli alleged in the suit, which was amended and re-filed last week, that Eck and Benson made demeaning and harmful comments about her in departmental meeting and thus blocked her application to be a lecturer...