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  • n  an omen of death or destruction
  • n  a bell rung to announce a death
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  • Will NSA leaks wake us from our techno-utopian dream?
    Could the leaks about the extent of the National Security Agency's surveillance of US citizens be the death knell of techno-utopianism?
    June 10, 2013 - Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News
  • Opinion analysis: Tentatively reopening the (back) door to class arbitration
    For the past three years, numerous courts and commentators have understood the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. as all but sounding the death knell for class-wide – as opposed to individual – arbitration. After all, Stolt-Nielsen held that the Federal Arbitration Act bars class arbitration unless parties have specifically [...]
    June 10, 2013 - SCOTUSblog
  • Pandora: iTunes Radio Is 'On Par' With Existing Streaming Services
    After Apple introduced iTunes Radio on Monday at the Worldwide Developers Conference, people described the new streaming music service as a "Pandora killer," with some Twitter users proclaiming, "RIP Pandora." But rival Pandora , which launched in 2000, weighed in, essentially telling Mashable that iTunes Radio is nothing new and critics shouldn't be ringing the death knell. "Apple’s new feature ...
    June 10, 2013 - Mashable

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