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...Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson was thinking of a NASDAQ rupture Wednesday when he waited until 4:30 to do his part for the antitrust history books. But this one shouldn't have surprised anybody. Just like the government wanted him to, Jackson ordered up a two-way, 10-year split of Microsoft (one company for apps, one for the OS, and Bill Gates can only work at one of them) and a laundry list of "conduct remedies" for the meantime. Basically, the plan is that the Redmond boys check with their lawyers before going to the bathroom...
...understand why the government is trying to take Bill Gates' rights away. He has the right to protect his ideas from the competition. There is a danger in having a monopoly in this business, but it is unfair to split up Microsoft. Just because there is competition does not mean that you give away the formula for your success. MICHAEL SCHMID Berlin...
...Lazio is a good Long Island Italian, a local boy from the suburbs, and he's eager to play the scrappy underdog, taking the stage to the strains of "Rocky" and joking that he'd like a rematch with the pavement that split his lip Monday. Never mind that after only a week, he's statistically even in the polls, or that with state Republicans (and, you can bet, the party's national PACs) behind him in his quest to beat a Clinton, any Clinton, he'll have running money by the truckload. And at this point Lazio might want...
...passengers participating in this global jaunt, about 500 signed on for the duration. Among the more popular short segments: the 15-day New York to San Francisco leg, which costs about $4,500 for an economy cabin, while a suite (the QE2 has two ultraluxurious, split-level penthouse apartments and a number of super-class master cabins and duplexes) fetches around $53,500. A suite for the entire cruise commands...
...Cherry hates the scandalmongers--those with "an alligator mouth on a hummingbird butt"--who have split his family into feuding halves. But he is also haunted by the suffering of others--the McNairs, the Robertsons, the Collinses, the Wesleys. "It needs to be settled for those families. Whether Dad did it or not, it needs to be finalized." Then perhaps four ghosts can have some peace...