Word: pressing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...press conference after the speech, Jackson said black Americans are a great source of "underutilized talent and untapped capital." He compared the situation to sports, pointing out how much athletics progressed once black athletes were allowed to participate...
...political comeback, possibly as speaker, a post he held from 1980 to '89. While the President and Rafsanjani agree on issues like opening up to the West and economic reform, Rafsanjani is resistant to loosening other restrictions. That conflict could jeopardize the President's proposals to lift curbs on press freedom, institutionalize free elections and generally deepen Iran's rule of law. Still, the President may believe, as do some analysts, that Rafsanjani could help prevent a backlash among demoralized hard-liners. Explains Tehran University professor Nasser Hadian: "The pace of reform might be slower, but Rafsanjani can convince...
...many hackers as something of a Benedict Arnold. So loathed is he that AntiOnline is an almost constant target for DOS attacks (in one of its more entertaining features, the site lets you see who's attacking it, and how, in real time). While the Feds were still holding press conferences, AntiOnline had already compiled a perp-profile sheet. The attacks, it says, were committed by a cell of three to six hackers--most likely teenagers, most likely male. "All DOS attacks have been perpetrated by more than one individual," notes Vranesevich. "They're not looking for recognition from...
...next movie is Martin Scorsese's The Gangs of New York, about the conscription riots in Manhattan in the 1860s, and DiCaprio has been forcing himself to bulk up for the part. At 5 ft. 11 in. and 175 lbs., he claims he can bench-press 205 lbs. "This is the biggest I've ever been," he says. I ask if he's been eating a lot of sushi and yogurt, and he mocks me for my unmanly choices. Then we order room service, and he gets a burger and I almost order the sea bass. "That was pretty wussy...
...what else is new? Technology always threatens privacy. Those threats usually come to nothing. They have been defeated before, and will be in the future, by a force that is far more powerful than technology--not Congress, the law or the press, not bureaucrats or federal judges, but morality...