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...Internet protocol (generally called IP) is a language computers use to talk to one another: a hyperefficient chatter that lets phone-company machines banter by sending digital data "packets" back and forth. These packages can contain anything--a frame of video, a few lines of a fax or a split second of conversation. The computers don't care what kind of data they are moving, which makes for a faster, cheaper way to send information...
Ambitious dreamers may wonder: What would happen if one were to spend $80 million procuring all possible combinations--in other words, 80 million different tickets? Well, you could win $295.7 million if no one else picked the winning number. Or you could split it with, say, 10 other winners and lose $50 million. In this imaginary scenario, "you're guaranteed to win something," explains Arnold Barnett, a statistician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "but will you recoup your investment? That depends on how many other people...
...Monica's story is worth "maybe as much as a million," while ROBERT GOTTLIEB of the William Morris Agency puts the number in the low six figures. LARRY KIRSHBAUM of Time Warner Trade Publishing is closefisted, saying, "I think we're all bimboed out." The supermarket tabloids are similarly split. The Star's PHIL BUNTON has a standing offer of $1 million to hear Lewinsky's story, while the Globe's TONY FROST has "scant interest." Meanwhile, right-wing publisher Regnery next week becomes the first with a proimpeachment book, this one by commentator ANN COULTER...
Next to the Library Tower is a curving stairwell, flanked by plants and shops and split down the center by a small, raised stream of water flowing over rounded rocks. The path leads the eye upward, where finally, around a bend, a small pool and fountain rest serenely. Across the street, the steps to the library itself are decorated in words in many languages and split by a series of pools and sculptures. There are open courtyards, a sunken mall and beautiful glassy buildings that reflect light down to the street...
While regulators are supposed to ensure that standards are met, many of the rules are weak or unclear. The Federal Government, for example, doesn't specify how much staffing a nursing home needs. That imprecision and split responsibility can be exploited by the nursing-home industry, which in many states is a powerful lobby with lots of cash to spread among sympathetic lawmakers. Last year California levied $2.6 million in fines, but it has collected only $518,000 from recalcitrant nursing homes...