Our View says regulation won't fix telecom markets
The piece argues government control cannot create optimum competition in telecoms. It notes mergers like SBC Ameritech, traces the Bell system breakup, and credits technology and demand for competition. It contends more rules curb innovation, urging repeal of access restrictions to foster genuine competition.
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SBC Corporation
Southwest Bell
Ameritech
Midwest
Bell System
Europe
Bell Telephone
Ma Bell
Telecommunications
Monica Lewinsky and the Starr investigation a legal chess game
Thomas Lowell argues the Lewinsky affair matters mainly for obstruction of justice not sexual history. He warns Lewinsky and her lawyer risk prison if a deal hinges on disclosing who pressured Tripp to perjure. Starr must weigh the big fish while Lewinsky faces possible life-altering consequences. Lowell is a Hoover Institution senior fellow at Stanford.
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Monica Lewinsky
Bill Clinton
Kenneth Starr
White House
Hanky Panky
Oval Office
Starr
Lewinsky
Clinton
Linda Tripp
Tripp
William Ginsburg
Ginsburg
Israel
Monica
Vernon Jordan
Lowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Hillary Clinton as secretary of state since 1993, critic cites fear
Feder argues Hillary Rodham Clinton oversteps as first lady and policy maker. He attacks her 1993 health care push and calls her an elitist ideologue who would shape national policy without election. The column likens her actions to dangerous leaders and warns of consequences for US interests in the Middle East.
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Frankenstein
Hillary
Abigail Adams
Barbara Bush
Middle East
Palestine
Europe
Yassir Arafat
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
Jerusalem
Arafat
Abu Abbas
Leon Klinghoffer
Gaza
Israel
Hillary Kissinger
America
Libya
Iraq
Bill
Southeast Asia
Republic of Virtue
Rodham
Kenneth Starr
Feder
Boston Herald
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By Bruce Tinsley