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...bureaucracy is marshaling its forces for a ``multimedia war'' -- with all the implications of official encouragement that the phrase suggests. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications' (M.P.T.) gargantuan plan to run fiber-optic cable into almost every home by 2010 will cost between $330 billion and $500 billion. Critics warn that it is not only an expensive but probably also an unnecessary weapon, since there are no services -- current or expected soon -- that would actually employ fiber to the home. A hybrid system of coaxial cable and fiber-optic cable does the job just as well for a fraction...
Cohen was writing to warn others of the dangers, but it came too late for the state of Virginia, where addiction to Solitaire (and other computer games) among state workers had reached epidemic proportions. Finding his bureaucrats sorting aces and kings when they should have been processing hunting licenses and some such, the Governor ordered these amusements expunged from all government computers to save the state from massive waste, if not total collapse...
...James C. Hill reported that he yanked the leash on two powerful enemies of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide rumored to be plotting a coup. Hill said he summoned to his office Franck Romain, a former Port-au-Prince police chief and mayor and former army chief Williams Regala, to warn them to stop their reported schemes against Aristide's government. TIME Miami correspondent Tammerlin Drummond reports: "Many Haitians feel that these former military leaders are just lying low until the last U.S. troops leave to make their move. There have been unconfirmed rumors of plots around Mardi Gras," which culminates...
Committed shorts wearers have one thing in common: old ladies stop them to warn them of the dangers of catching a cold. They also are constantly subjected to looks and comments from friends and strangers alike. Ed Park often overhears people telling each other, "Hey! Look at that stupid person: he's wearing shorts." Sometimes, these people are his friends. Last winter, Dave Goldberg was stopped by a complete stranger and asked who his dealer was so he could "get some of whatever [Dave was] on." When walking out of William James Hall one bitterly cold day, Don Hayler encountered...
...James C. Hill reported that he yanked the leash on two powerful enemies of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide rumored to be plotting a coup. Hill said he summoned to his office Franck Romain, a former Port-au-Prince police chief and mayor and former army chief Williams Regala, to warn them to stop their reported schemes against Aristide's government. TIME Miami correspondent Tammerlin Drummond reports: "Many Haitians feel that these former military leaders are just lying low until the last U.S. troops leave to make their move. There have been unconfirmed rumors of plots around Mardi Gras," which culminates...