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...Uncertain Precedents...
...decision leaves the e-book field at least temporarily open for an upstart publisher, Rosetta Books, which has licensed electronic-publishing rights to more than 100 books directly from authors. Although consumer demand for e-books is uncertain, Rosetta hopes to become the publisher of choice by persuading consumers to download books online for less than they would have to pay in a store. Protests Linda Steinman, director of litigation for Random House: "This is a directly competitive product. It makes sense that the e-book rights should stay with the original publisher...
...five-year-old son, Aleeke, whom she calls "the light of my life." Now parted from his American jazz musician father, Dirie is currently living with Aleeke in Wales. She is vague about her future plans - excited about a proposal for a National Geographic documentary on Somalia but uncertain about staying in Britain. "I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it," she says. "Life is about moving on." She is, as she adds, a nomad after all. Q&A TIME: Has any progress been made in stopping female circumcision? Dirie: It's a subject that is increasingly talked about...
...middle-aged woman clutching a tape recorder offers to explain her beliefs. "There will be a big disaster in Japan, and Asai sensei will become the leader," she says. "You never know from one year to the next who will be the Prime Minister," she adds. "It is always uncertain. But Asai sensei is always with us. He is the only one who talks about Buddhism for the nation. He is the only one who can save...
...right hand over the heart. In 1954, in the midst of the cold war against godless communism, President Eisenhower urged Congress to add the words under God to the oath to reaffirm "the transcendence of religious faith in America?s heritage and future." Now faced with a war of uncertain definition and length, the country has once again embraced the pledge as a talisman against harm...