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...parties on the line knows that the conversation is being recorded. But so long as retailers remain unaware of -- and don't ask about -- the potentially illegal purposes that a customer may have in mind, they cannot be held liable. Nine years ago, Radio Shack's parent company, Tandy Corp., was sued by Elizabeth Flowers, a South Carolina woman whose husband used a miniature recording device to secretly tape her phone calls after she filed for divorce. Lawyers for Radio Shack successfully argued that the company had no responsibility in the matter because it did not know what her husband...
...deal that has been long anticipated, Time Warner Inc. last week wrapped up a partnership with electronics maker Toshiba and trading company C. Itoh. For $1 billion, the Manhattan-based media giant, parent company of TIME, agreed to sell the two firms a combined 12 1/2% stake in its movie, cable TV and Home Box Office operations...
...Cambridge, are ideal. In Cambridge's system, transportation for school transfer is funded, and the racial balance of each school is taken into account when deciding which students can switch schools. Unfortunately, other communities will be less willing to provide the resources necessary to guarantee transportation and establish the Parent Information Centers which help Cambridge parents make educated decisions...
...gymnasium of the Longfellow Elementary School yesterday, observers, election officials, candidates, supporters and on-lookers milled about, shaking hands, slapping backs and whispering confidentially, as approximately 100 counters ate cookies from a Parent-Teachers Association bake sale and leisurely tabulated the first-place votes from Tuesday's election...
...that familiar old TV theme. Or perhaps we should say, "Aaarggh, that cursed song again!" Just which reaction you have may define your place on the ! '90s generational spectrum. For the twenty-something crowd, the opening strains of The Brady Bunch -- the early '70s sitcom about two single-parent families that merge into one wholesome household -- recall a corny-but-lovable TV companion from childhood. For those with longer memories, it is a reminder of the insipid depths to which TV's family shows sank in the years between Leave It to Beaver and the Norman Lear revolution...