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Game's Up In Greece

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Wednesday, September 18, 2002

A court in Athens recently struck down a new law prohibiting computer games and all forms of gambling except in licensed casinos. The government is set to appeal the decision, and if it wins, Europe's biggest bettors--and all Greek gameboy users--will have to go abroad to indulge their passion. Also, the exciting life of America's longest-lived president, John Adams.

Clinton’s Curse

Matt Cooper, Deputy Washington Bureau Chief for Time Magazine and Doug Chapin, Director of Electionline.org advocate for election reform and explain why Bill Clinton’s appointees did so poorly in the primaries

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Post-Traumatic Financial Disorder

David Chen, reporter for the New York Times, untangles the problems with the victims’ compensation fund

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It's All Greek to Me

Billy Mitsis, Greek gamer and co-founder of a gaming website in Greece, explains the ban on video games in Greece

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The Adams Family

David McCullough, author of John Adams (Simon & Schuster, 2001) resurrects the memory of America’s most intriguing ignored founding father.

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