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...though, and its opticalreplacement, the DVD, lies on thedoorstep of electronic obscurity thanksto the rise of high-defi nition video formats.Sony’s Blu-ray DVD and Toshiba’sHD-DVD formats recently waged a battleto inherit the home theater.Sony announced in January 2007 thatit would prohibit U.S. adult fi lms frombeing distributed in Blu-ray. Yet despitethe popularity of porn, Toshiba lost themost recent format war when it announcedon Feb. 19 that it would ceaseproduction of HD-DVD.Blu-ray’s website is now somethingof an Arc de Triomphe, announcing therecent conquests of nearly every productioncompany...
...this small Nicaraguan village - because Boston's loss was definitely Diriamba's gain, in the form of the "Perfect Season, 19-0" Patriots T-shirts and hats that Brady, Belichick and Bruschi were supposed to have worn on the field after the game. Due to NFL regulations that prohibit the sale of the losing team's "championship" apparel, the T-shirts and hats were donated to needy Nicaraguans by World Vision, in conjunction with the NFL and Reebok...
Asked whether he would back a federal ban on smoking in the workplace or public spaces, Bloomberg said he would, but added, "I don't think the federal government should prohibit the manufacture or sale of cigarettes," but that combatting tobacco should mean diminishing the demand...
...million surplus. He also set an example. Foregoing a salary, Romney cut the fancy meals and expensive trips. He infamously served his executives pizza on paper plates—and charged them a dollar a slice. Pledging to strip government officials convicted of felonies of their pensions and to prohibit senior staff members’ relatives from lobbying the executive branch, a President Romney could polish the GOP’s tarnished ethics...
...mail that was illegally blind carbon-copied (bcc'd) to several people, including a member of the election commission and the blockmate of an opposing candidate, commission official James W. Anderson ’09 told The Crimson. The commission’s official rules for the election explicitly prohibit the use of unsolicited e-mail campaigning in forums beyond open e-mail lists...