Word: virtuality
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...talk about Second Life, you' d think it was the most popular virtual world on the Internet. After all, IBM has its own island there. Harvard holds classes there. And anyone who can figure out how to get around in it - a notoriously difficult task for newbies - can gamble, play tennis and even have virtual sex there...
...syndicate, seemed motivated less by politics than by a petty personal grievance. He blamed a minor car accident on city construction work and wanted $17,000 in damages from the Nagasaki government. The result was absurd: an aging hoodlum gunning down a high-profile politician over pride and a virtual pittance, like some Japanese version of The Sopranos' griping mobster Paulie Walnuts...
...hours leftover from the 35-hour workweek. Indeed, SL may be the frontier of Internet campaign advertising in the U.S. too. Supporters of the Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards campaigns have already set up de-facto headquarters and social organizations for their respective camps. Recently, a virtual Capitol Hill was also constructed to encourage civic discussion...
Meanwhile, the court’s decision, with its virtual blanket ban that glibly dismisses the value of a woman’s health, stands to put women in danger today. Despite the ignorant claims of the court’s majority, intact dilation and extraction can rescue women from grave medical situations. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists supports the procedure as necessary at times and safest for late-term abortions. As upheld, the law only provides an exception when the woman’s life is at risk, denying doctors the broad discretion they must have...
...This is a real, not virtual alliance with al-Qaeda to intensify the fight and take it to an international level," says Christophe Chaboud, head of France's Anti-Terrorism Coordination Unit. "The association with al-Qaeda is a real and major preoccupation." But, says Chaboud, such a partnership has yet to give rise to even a nascent federation of al-Qaeda groups across north Africa. Even within borders, jihadist groups remain disparate, atomized, and insulated to prevent infiltration...