Word: use
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...magazine pioneered the use of photographs to take its members vicariously to the most remote corners of the earth. The society was not above using a little clout to get its photos. In 1905 it published 138 pictures of ; the Philippines that were so popular the magazine had to go to a second printing. Source of the pictures: a U.S. War Department report, courtesy of Secretary of War William Howard Taft, who happened to be Editor Grosvenor's cousin. On occasion, National Geographic has not let verisimilitude stand in the way of a good picture either. Editors laying...
...from the Federal Communications Commission. In its first such action, the FCC began moving against two California companies it believes are violating its regulations limiting the access of minors to dial-a-porn messages. Those rules, which many porn services ignore, seek to make it necessary for callers to use a credit card or a special access code. The targeted California companies could eventually face fines of up to $50,000 a day and criminal prosecution. Critics charge that antiregulatory zeal has hitherto led the FCC to take a laissez-faire approach to phone porn. "This signifies that the commission...
Gorbachev later held separate meetings with intellectual and cultural leaders (including such luminaries as former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Writer Norman Mailer and Composer Yoko Ono), media moguls and business executives. At times during these sessions, he seemed almost Reaganesque in his use of folksy anecdotes to make his points. He began his meeting with the intellectuals, for example, by reading a letter from an American teenager calling on the two leaders "to build a world of responsibility...
...half- century ago, Paul Nitze joined the great debate over how America should use its power. Nearly 81, he is still a key player...
...believed to be considerably lower.) Thus Swedes who do not share the same roof before tying the knot are more conservative than the rest of the society and may be more dedicated to preserving even a shaky marriage. Says Swedish % Demographer Erland Hofsten: "It would be dangerous to use a study like this in an ongoing debate in the U.S. about young American couples...