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Charles A. James, the newly appointed chief of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, attempted to justify this departure by arguing that consumers deserved a swift resolution to the matter, and that limitations on the software giant’s practices would be sufficient to protect competition in the software industry. That logic, however, has not been borne out by experience. Past efforts at limiting Microsoft’s monopolistic behavior through “conduct remedies”—agreements that force a company to change its practices rather than its structure—have...
...that greeted his new play The Shape of Things when it premiered in June at London's Almeida Theatre can't help making a serious theatergoer's heart race. The drama, about a college guy who falls under the spell of a manipulative female artist, is making a gratifyingly swift transfer to New York City, retaining its London cast--Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, Gretchen Mol and Frederick Weller--and LaBute as director. Look for another unsettling evening, lots of theater-page debates and a battle for tickets. (Opens...
...That's a statement of principle?and a plug for his most lauded crime film. The Mission, which earned To last year's Hong Kong Film Award as best director, convened five gunmen as bodyguards for a powerful boss. Swift, spare and violent, with bullet ballets staged in deserted malls, the film played like The Seven Samurai (minus two) in Alphaville. It was another To essay on a man's dedication to the work ethic, no matter what line of work he's in. For cine-philes everywhere, The Mission offered proof that the Heroic Bloodshed genre had not died...
...each meeting with a handler. But the desperate economic conditions of the intifadeh, during which unemployment has risen to more than 60%, favor the Israeli recruiters. Despite the sympathy Palestinian court officials feel for the economic straits that push people into collaboration, there is no quarter given at the swift trials in State Security Court...
...reaction, on radio talk shows and online, was swift and incredulous - how can rodent cells possibly help scientists find cures for human diseases? - except among scientists, who calmly accepted the news for what it is: A reiteration of well-known research protocol...