Word: fears
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Remember when the biggest fear of the recording music industry was the CD copier? The image of some teenager in Akron duping Britney Spears albums for all his friends had executives tossing in bed, teeth ground to nubbins. And now that those copiers are here it hardly matters. As MP3s and their ilk spell the end of music merchandising as we know it and the recording industry scrambles to find a new business model, that Akron teen is the least of their worries. The days of the CD are, after all, limited. But while record execs gnash their teeth over...
Protesters fear that the ambiguously worded law is so likely to be misunderstood that any attempt to enforce it will erupt in violence. Perhaps this is why, even before last week's police beating, Police Commissioner John Timoney decided that only he and his two deputy commissioners will have the power to order its use. Like beauty, intent is in the eye of the beholder. One thing no one questions: Los Angeles, home to August's Democratic Convention, will be watching...
Meanwhile, back at the ranch...: White House aides fear that Clinton's long stay up at Camp David and his trip here have allowed the Republicans in Congress to gain important political ground with their proposals to cut the estate tax and the marriage penalty. Although administration officials and Democratic leaders have been condemning the tax cuts as too deep, "what's been missing is the President's voice," said one aide here. Solution: last Saturday's radio address, which dealt exclusively with domestic tax issues, attacking the Republicans for "treating the surplus like they...
...have been dreading since 1998, when then-mayor Ed Rendell won his bid to bring the GOP convention - and the attendant media frenzy - to his beloved city. The decision was a triumph for Philadelphia's corps of revivalists, long dedicated to bolstering their city's battered image, and struck fear into the hearts of city workers, who knew the spotlight would cast an unforgiving glare on urban blight. And that meant a marathon of scrubbing, painting, trimming and pruning... not to mention a few instances of creative camouflage...
...determined. But city officials, the Secret Service and other agencies are in a rush to come up with a solution that satisfies the ruling. Currently, some marches are planned to pass through an area near the convention site ruled off-limits to protesters, a situation that some fear could lead to conflict between activists and police...