Word: access
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...media. The new-media-era covenant goes like this: we'll gratify you instantly--would you have kept watching a channel that waited half an hour to report anything?--and if we get it wrong, well, whoops!, stuff happens. In exchange, you get a new transparency: unfiltered access, not just to source material (like the Starr Report, the decision almost immediately went online) but to the journalistic process. Viewers Tuesday got to see the messy, imperfect metamorphosis through which conjecture coalesces into fact. It was spellbinding. It was educational. But it sure didn't restore anyone's absolute faith...
...down the street who's always asking about your latest flu shot). The new safeguards, which President Clinton announced Wednesday, are the result of years of discussion - in Washington and among the nation's consumers - over the best way to keep private medical records private in an increasingly public-access world. When the rules, which were initially mandated by Congress, take effect in two years, every patient will be able to decide who sees his or her history; without specific written consent from the patient, the records will be out of reach...
...fact, Grayson feels that student input on the board contributes to making it a more effective institution. "The decisions that we make have the potential to affect all students, and it helps to have access to a student perspective," she says...
...Republican, she said, make sure the White House won't surprise you by announcing, without your knowledge, an initiative that effects your district. Also, "Demand access to policymakers," many of whom are quite willing to meet with Congress, she said...
...cyber-knickknacks on our Tech 10 Best are binary clones of old friends. PayPal is the next Western Union; the Nikon Coolpix 900 is the spawn of the Brownie. Nike will customize your sneakers, just the way your "artistic" aunt did for your eighth birthday. And Napster: free access to worlds of music! It used to be called radio...