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...that might simply be unavoidable. "I'm very sympathetic to the view of why should people who played by the rules and paid their bills on time be placed at a disadvantage, but that's a second-order thing to worry about," says the Lusk Center's Green. "Unfair stuff is going to happen. If it saves the financial system, everyone benefits...
...network neutrality, said Zimmerman. Although the Berkman Center does not take any official stances on any issues, Palfrey said he is “certainly an advocate of network neutrality.” He added that while most people believe “an open Internet is a good thing,” disagreements can arise when it comes to how to put net neutrality into practice. One question is whether Internet service providers can discriminate based on network service needs. For instance, said Palfrey, Harvard’s network might need to limit the flow of some information...
...case three years ago. Stokes felt the convictions were obviously a miscarriage of justice and asked one of the case lawyers to speak to the Richmond chapter of the Society of Former Special Agents, many of whom signed the letter to Governor Kaine. "It is the most egregious thing I've seen," says Stokes...
...long-running dalliance with a woman who lived in the south of France in this lovely, sad medieval town way up on a hill. If neither of us were otherwise engaged when I'd play near there, I'd stay at her place. The nice thing about that was [that] when you're on tour, you usually stay at some crappy hotel, and instead I got to stay with this wonderful girl who had lots of books and cable TV, and all she wanted to do was eat some really great French food and take a bubble bath with...
...used to travel [before the days of e-mail], I'd be in Berlin or Paris or some pueblo in Spain, and I'd leave with someone's address scribbled on the back of a paperback book or on a pack of rolling papers. It was the polite thing to do, though no one was really expected to sit down and write a letter. Now you get an e-mail the next day saying, "I saw your tour schedule on your website. Put me on the guest list tonight!" Or worse, "I am coming to visit you in New York...