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Koine Greek

Posted by arnulfo on 2009/10/31

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Google Book Search

Posted by arnulfo on 2009/10/31

from:

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/google_inc/google_book_search/index.html?inline=nyt-org

Judge Chin also echoed comments made by the Justice Department last week that the settlement, if properly revised, could offer great benefits, most notably, by providing broad access to to millions of out-of-print books that are largely locked up in a small group of university libraries.

“The settlement would offer many benefits to society, as recognized by supporters of the settlement as well as D.O.J.,” he wrote, referring to theDepartment of Justice, which filed its own brief in the case last week. “It would appear that if a fair and reasonable settlement can be struck, the public would benefit.”

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The English Patient

Posted by arnulfo on 2009/10/25

A sri-lankan (Michael Ondaatje)  living in Canada writes about an hungarian educated in Britain that lives by the words of a Greek in the North African desert

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