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...qualify. His conversations with the folks in Endicott were very polite. Then Faxon told the PGA Tour of his plans: That he hoped to make the draw at the millennial Open at St. Andrews, but that if he failed he would dash back to the States and defend his title in the American tournament. "They said I couldn?t do it, that it was fine-able behavior, that I had to commit to the B.C. Open. I said, ?Hey, guys, you ought to think this over. We?re supposed to be about golf and its traditions here.? " Ultimately, the Tour...
...websites that track users' movements are the least of it. Privacy advocates and law enforcement are homing in on nine areas--from spyware to identity theft--where they say the Internet's threat to privacy is the greatest. Here are the nine, followed by 10 ways individuals can defend themselves...
...There is not a broker in Calcutta who will deny what was going on. Indeed, most passionately defend it. Changoiwala's brother, Kanta Prasad, gushes that the relationships forged by families who traded with one another in the gray market gave "touch and feeling" to Calcutta's bourse that was "absolutely unique." Mention unofficial finance to Mahajan, the former exchange vice president, and he gets so excited that his arms flail like the rotors of a distressed helicopter. "Nobody ever failed to pay up," he coos. "It served Calcutta for 100 years. It was a beautiful system. It was something...
...years in power. Labour's promise to fix such things as the National Health Service was enough to win a huge parliamentary majority. Now, as Blair asks voters to give him another term in 10 Downing St. in this week's general election, he has a record to defend - and the euphoria that once greeted the earnest young man has dissipated...
...Russians have refused to renegotiate the ABM treaty, and insist that it remains the cornerstone of all other arms control agreements. And both they and the Europeans believe Washington is overstating both the danger of "rogue" missile attacks, and also the abilities of an unproven system to defend against them...