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...watch out: Nathans is a stickler for rules--and for starting her workdays at the crack of dawn. Rule-breaking first-years often find themselves summoned to Nathan's Prescott Street office for 7 a.m. "meetings...
...governor to grant a one-time reprieve; Graham received one such reprieve from Ann Richards in 1993, and seven years later, Bush has chosen to emphasize the "one-time" aspect of the law rather than the possibility that a different governor may have his or her own "one-time" crack at a case...
...fear is that the Fed, in its zeal to head off inflation, will hit the monetary brakes too hard, causing a severe slowdown in the U.S. economy. That frightens away some foreign investment, causing the dollar to drop sharply. Then inflation rises despite the slowdown, prompting the Fed to crack down harder still, and so on around a truly vicious circle...
Picture this scene from the near future: organized crime gets hold of encryption technology so powerful even IRS supercomputers can't crack it. An underground electronic economy emerges, invisible to U.S. tax code. The Federal Government, unable to replenish its coffers, let alone fund a standing army, shrinks until it wields about as much power as a local zoning board. Militias and gangs take over, setting up checkpoints at state borders and demanding tribute of all who pass...
...viewings of each article, tracked by software. Page views are to online publishing what Nielsen ratings are to TV, but far more accurate, down to the last eyeball. They're also called "hits," and it's no small coincidence that the Web community shares the term with the crack-smoking community. Knowing what topics draw the big numbers is just as addictive and, potentially, every bit as toxic...