Word: access
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Harvard yesterday joined a growing group of universities that have declined to block Internet access to Napster, but warned that it will hold students responsible for downloading copyrighted materials...
...letter mailed yesterday to Howard E. King, the attorney for Metallica and Dr. Dre, Assistant Provost for Information Technology Daniel D. Moriarty wrote that banning access to specific Internet sites based on their content "would be inconsistent with the values of broad inquiry and the exploration of ideas that Harvard...has traditionally sought to protect...
...apartment in Manhattan this summer had access to cable, introducing me to HBO's "Sex In the City"--a work of pure television genius. The show exposes the lives of four swanky Manhattan women, complete with their thoughts about and justifications for their risqu escapades. Just as important, the show sells itself on sex. Advertisements feature the main character posing, legs spread, above the Empire State Building. Gratuitous displays of nudity and sex-kitten ensembles are encouraged, if not expected...
...This moment has been a long time coming: European women have had access to RU-486 for 12 years, but attempts to import the drug to the United States have been stymied internally by contentious debate. And even when the Clinton administration lifted a ban on importing the controversial drug in 1993, the French manufacturer declined to distribute the pill here, citing the explosive political undercurrents...
...rated their experience with RU-486 as far preferable, particularly citing privacy and the absence of invasive measures. The pills must be taken in the presence of a surgically qualified doctor, who must be capable of performing a surgical abortion if the medical abortion fails. Ironically, this restriction means accessibility, which had been one of the drug's major selling points among pro-choice groups, is not likely to be affected by the approval. The guidelines mean the growing number of women who do not have access to surgical abortion will likewise not have access to medical abortion...