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...files have names suggesting they're pornographic; a few seem to be child porn. There are files that appear to contain secret "OT" documents of the Church of Scientology. If they're real, they illustrate Freenet's power: the Scientologists have obtained court orders in the past to yank such documents off the Net. Another file purports to be secret coding from Microsoft, also a vigilant defender of its copyrights. Clarke says he's never been contacted by Microsoft or any of the other entities whose content has been posted, and he doesn't expect to be. After...
...sponsorship of the Internet and health conference, and its request that Harvard cover up the iMac computer kiosks (News, June 5): The University should have been tougher. You don't "accomodate" a sponsor at the expense of the students. Not a monetary decision? Right. Or perhaps Intel threatened to yank Andy Grove from his appeareance...
That last point is exactly what inhabitants of major cities fear most. OK, plenty of New Yorkers have long harbored a secret hope that rising crime rates will yank housing prices back into the realm of reason. But for the most part, city dwellers have spent the past five or six years in a state of uneasy contentment, pleased but mystified by the drop in crime, never quite believing they were safe. Maybe it's better that we never got too comfortable...
...realize that as a Yank I may not be in the best position to offer you birthday counsel, but, as you may have gathered, Americans will heap advice on pretty much anyone who'll listen. And since this is a free country (perhaps you've heard the rumors), I thought I'd take this opportunity to offer up a few sage words to the man who would be the monarch of a washed-up, erstwhile "Empire...
...understated; its characters earn big laughs with the subtlest wrinkle of a brow, sobs with a stifled sigh. In a season of nine-figure budgets, the movie was made for chicken feed ($42 million). It also boasts an accent that is defiantly English--Yorkshire, even--with a dash of Yank bravado from visiting star Mel Gibson...