Word: protectiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rest into the hills. Hutu rebels, for their part, also target civilians--Tutsi and Hutu moderates alike. Neither side is apologetic. Lieut. Colonel Longin Minani, an army spokesman in the capital, explains the military clean-up operations this way: "If rebels use the population as a screen to protect themselves, am I supposed to fold my hands and do nothing? [Civilian deaths] are unfortunate but unavoidable...
...year a price war erupted, sparked by rival Fujitsu. Apple had climbed to No. 2 in sales in Japan, a remarkable accomplishment for an American company, but then switched local managers and virtually self-destructed. In just a few months it cut prices so dramatically that it could not protect its profit margins in what was supposed to be its best quarter of the year. And even then, Apple wasn't able to sell all the computers it produced for Japan...
...support and guidance. Many of the other newsgroups discuss adult subjects in a candid manner. In the information age, censorship is not what is required; common sense is. People need to know what is on the Internet and accept its presence. If Germany can censor CompuServe, what will protect other online service providers from facing similar restrictions? MARTY R. PAZ Las Vegas...
...Internet is not the existence of sexually explicit newsgroups, but that our brave new social space shields the vicious from having to stand up for what they are saying and be held responsible for it. CLAUDIUS KLEIN Berlin I AM AGAINST CENSORSHIP, BUT THERE has to be regulation to protect the weaker elements of our society. Placing freedom of smut over freedom from sexual exploitation doesn't make sense. Freedom of expression also applies to those people who voice their opinion about regulation of the Internet and favor such control. Barlow's comments about "trivial struggles" pertaining to such matters...
...vixen. And earlier this week, she was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 18 months of probation, 50 hours of community service and a $229 fine. The puritanical jury obviously didn't hold to the selective enforcement mentality that freed O.J. Nope, there weren't any extenuating circumstances to protect Ms. Angeli from They...