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...popular social gathering place for students.The extensive renovations, which would take place from June 1996 to August 1997, would make half of the collection--400,000 books--either completely unavailable to students, or place them in the Harvard Depository where they are accessible only by filling out request forms to retrieve them...
...motion accusing Judge Lance Ito of showing bias toward the prosecution, CNN reports. The defense is said to be particularly upset by Ito's treatment of DNA expert Barry Scheck. In court today, Ito at times grew visibly impatient with Scheck's deliberate and repetitive style, several times refusing requests for sidebar discussions from Scheck and prosecution attorney Hank Goldberg, and at one point curtly telling Scheck to sit down. When Fung concluded his testimony, Ito began questioning jurors about allegations of racial tensions on the jury, denying a request from Simpson's defense to allow Simpson to be present...
...ensure that the Bread and Circus analogy goes no further than the nearest cash register, by caving in to a few customers who have complained that cigarettes are not easily found in this part of Cambridge. One wonders how Starbuck's (next door) would have responded to such a request. One also wonders how the tradeoff for the new Broadway Market can actually be worth it. To be making a few extra dollars a day in exchange for a contradiction of their original image, to be sending a come and get 'em' message to the high school across the street...
Honig's petition delayed FCC approval of the deal past its "drop dead" date, thus killing the purchase. In frustration, Fox asked the commission to resolve the foreign-ownership question once and for all. How seriously Fox meant this request, however, now seems open to debate. In March the FCC's Mass Media Bureau asked Murdoch to disclose exactly how much equity-what share of the Fox station's assets-was represented by the stock owned by News Corp. In reply, Fox restated the 76-to-24 split but told the FCC that "the precise dollar value of News Corp...
...November it sought to block Fox's effort to buy TV stations in Philadelphia, Boston and Denver, arguing that the FCC could not approve these purchases until it had resolved the SF dispute. Next, citing the 99% ownership disclosure in David Honig's N.A.A.C.P. case, nbc filed a formal request that the commission clarify its rules on foreign control, thereby boosting pressure on the commission to examine Murdoch's ownership. "What are you doing this for?" Murdoch demanded in a telephone call to Robert Wright, president of NBC. "The record is clear. You can't be serious." Wright replied...