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7 Apr 2020, 8:16 am
However, Shout Factory, the company that produced the show, says that the idea came from George Orwell’s 1984 and that they stand by their work. [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 5:24 am
One curiosity stemming from Eugene’s post is his reply to a commenter referring to “newspeak” from George Orwell’s 1984, suggesting that we are on the road to narrowing the range of thought by limiting the range of language necessary to express disfavored concepts. [read post]
12 Jul 2011, 3:22 pm
As we've long pointed out, on a technology level, the world of George Orwell's 1984 is already here. [read post]
13 Aug 2008, 7:05 pm
Privacy advocates said tracking suspects electronically constitutes illegal search and seizure, violating Fourth Amendment rights of protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, and is another step toward George Orwell's Big Brother society. [read post]
20 Nov 2007, 12:22 am
We are walking a fine line in this country, which is looking more and more like a dramatisation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 2:56 pm
Maybe George Orwell's famous Animal Farm line is an appropriate epitaph for this sort of action in the Empire State: “Four legs good. [read post]
19 Nov 2007, 8:12 am
“I’m not at all suggesting that Orwell’s ‘1984′ is around the corner,” he continues. [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 5:52 am
An appellate lawyer can glean a lot about the likely outcome of a case from the questions justices and judges pose, or don't pose, during oral argument.In Jones, Justice Steven Breyer likened the government's position to George Orwell's 1984, commenting to the Solicitor General, "If you win this case, there is nothing to prevent police or government from monitoring 24-hours a day, every citizen of the United… [read post]
6 Jan 2023, 12:09 pm
And for more than a century, those who used it to express their opinions have included Karl Marx and George Orwell. [read post]
10 Jun 2012, 10:17 pm
” George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language,” 13 Horizon 76 (1946). [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 2:53 pm
While McPeak’s views on equality would make George Orwell laugh, more telling is his rather candid statement that repealing DADT will take committed leadership, something that he lacked both in 1993 and today. [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 12:21 pm
Tolkien, Joseph Conrad, George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, C.S. [read post]
23 Jul 2008, 7:23 pm
[Orwell would be proud of the way big business advances its interests. - JCL] "This is a guarantee to keep any more worker safety regulation from ever coming out of OSHA," Michaels said. [read post]
16 Nov 2007, 8:26 am
(More background here and here.)However, with overt comparisons to George Orwell's dystopian Oceania in "1984," another open letter to Idris from the "Cincinnatus Group" of WIPO staff is broadcasting what they see as the latest internal newspeak on the deferred resignation:Following the fiasco of last month's General Assemblies, the staff was looking forward to your annual briefing. [read post]
4 Jan 2011, 5:59 am
"How to make a decent cup of tea, following George Orwell's golden rules" http://j.mp/fVieg8 some advice from slate ... [read post]
28 Jan 2012, 6:54 am
An appellate lawyer can glean a lot about the likely outcome of a case from the questions justices and judges pose, or don't pose, during oral argument.In Jones, Justice Steven Breyer likened the government's position to George Orwell's 1984, commenting to the Solicitor General, "If you win this case, there is nothing to prevent police or government from monitoring 24-hours a day, every citizen of the United… [read post]
24 Jun 2022, 9:10 am
Justice Thomas, drawing from George Orwell, teaches that not all history is created equal. [read post]
12 Sep 2007, 8:25 pm
" Another passed on George Orwell's "Animal Farm," explaining it was "impossible to sell animal stories in the U.S.A. [read post]
25 Sep 2021, 9:52 am
While most college students won’t be subject to federal criminal charges for plagiarizing their English Lit 101 paper on George Orwell, they can be subject to a number of penalties from their university. [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 6:36 pm
While those in favour of the deal are keen to point out that if Google has the resources and the capability to save "orphan" works then it should, even if the motivation is profit(3).ConclusionAs I stated in the conclusion to my paper, "After all, as George Orwell wrote: “Who controls the past controls the future”, and Google could be said to be going a long way towards this end... [read post]
