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...will provide a joyous month?a cosmic moment?when we can for once set aside and even celebrate our cultural differences, in the midst of an era that sometimes seems all too ugly and fractious. An Englishman may grudgingly admire an Argentine's playmaking; a Saudi might nod approvingly at an American's ball handling. In this angry and uncertain era, we need these matches more than ever...
...pressing ahead with the technology they feel is best placed to combat piracy in the short term--copy-protected CDs, which have built-in encryption that is supposed to prevent you from copying the tunes more than a set number of times (usually once, which is the labels' nod to the concept of "fair use" copying in copyright law). "Our goal is a level of protection that will keep honest people honest," says Paul Vidich, an executive vice president of Warner Music (like TIME, part of AOL Time Warner...
...hard-line Miami view, rather than the perspective of the island-based activists, that tends to sway U.S. policy. In a move widely characterized as a nod to the exile leadership, a Bush administration official last week suggested that Cuba may be developing biological weapons and exporting the technology to do so to some of Washington's least-loved regimes. Carter punctured that particular balloon by pointing out that the U.S. intelligence officials who'd provided "intense" briefings before his trip had assured him, even when he specifically asked, that there was no evidence of Cuba sharing information that could...
...Fatah organization began to organize armed militias to wage the intifada, Arafat sought to bring those, too, under his wing - often to the chagrin of his security chiefs, whose own ability to maintain control was increasingly diluted by a plethora of unofficial armed formations operating with a nod and a wink (and regular cash infusions) from the PA leader...
...mound for the Bears will most likely be senior right-hander Jonathan Stern. He is coming off of a five-hit, complete-game victory over Yale on Friday, and will be throwing on four days rest if he gets the nod...