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...ruling denying the federal government's request to allow the Microsoft case to bypass federal appeals courts and to hear the case directly. The decision, which indefinitely pushes back the date on which the software giant may be forced to comply with an earlier ruling ordering the company to split in two, was lauded by the Microsoft camp. However, for the thousands of software companies and millions of American consumers who suffer from Microsoft's anti-competitive behavior, the decision is merely another painful protraction of the long wait for a competitive, fair and consumer-friendly marketplace...
Brown might prove to be the Crimson's toughest opponent in New York. The Bears have split their two games with the Crimson so far this season, and the match between the two teams will be an emotionally charged battle that is sure to break the water's surface again this Saturday...
While last night's meeting had only nine attendees, the group will split into committees, each concentrating on a different topic area. The committees will write about that area to help compile the group's information base, and try to get experts in the field involved with the planned symposium...
...Harvard disbursed its $20 million--split equally between Boston and Cambridge--among three intermediary non-profit organizations, the Cambridge Affordable Housing Trust (CAHT), Boston Community Capital and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, who will pass the money on to local community development corporations in the form of low-interest, unrestricted loans...
PREDICTING DIVORCE Marriage researchers can now do more than predict whether a couple will divorce, they can predict when the split will occur. A 14-year study of marital dynamics sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health found that couples who divorced in mid-life tended to be cool and distant. By suppressing emotions, the couples stayed together until a mid-life crisis brought those feelings to the surface. Marriages that ended in the first seven years, by contrast, were characterized by high levels of positive and negative emotions. Apparently, "hot" behavior tends to burn out a relationship early...