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...case, Adam’s Apple Markets v. Aphrodite Cosmetics, asked whether a corporation could sue a rival firm if it lost profits because of that competitor’s false advertising...
Kennedy subjected the teams to a rigorous questioning. The associate justice asked whether a court should determine how a corporation had lost revenue, reflecting a conclusion he reached earlier this year in a Supreme Court case, Anza v. Ideal Steel Corporation...
...late 1960s I encountered Pynchon's first novel, V. Duly enchanted, I swore that eventually I would decipher every one of his enigmas. That Pynchon himself was one of them, that he never gave interviews or permitted his photograph to be published, only made him more irresistible. To this day his only public "appearances" have been two guest spots on The Simpsons. Both times he was wearing a bag over his head...
Nearly four decades and many rereadings later, I know better than to suppose that anyone fully penetrates Pynchon's intentions, not in V., not in his short masterpiece The Crying of Lot 49 and certainly not in his mammoth new book, Against the Day (Penguin Press; 1,085 pages). Of course this makes me not just a Pynchon reader but practically a Pynchon character, another of his comically put-upon quest figures who journey into mysteries that engulf them. Even that is part of Pynchon's grand scheme, which is to make the experience of reading his work a demonstration...
...lineup have not yet been announced, Microsoft says that high-definition movies would be available as video-on-demand content. You would download it onto the Xbox 360's hard drive; once you begin watching the film, you would have 24 hours to finish. Warner Bros. titles will include V for Vendetta, The Perfect Storm and - when it is released for video-on-demand - Superman Returns. At the end of each movie viewing, users will see a promotion to buy an HD DVD disc of the movie, compatible with the Xbox 360's $200 add-on HD DVD movie player...