containing language so scur- rilous that it is grossly repugnant to society's stan- dards of decency," said Mr. Hein. Another example of one subscriber note which was disallowed by Prodigy re- ferred to a popular rap musi- cian and read, "Vanilla Ice is a weenie," according to Heilbrunn, the Prodigy senior vice president. To refuse to post a note like that while allowing Holocaust revisionism, says ADL's Mr. Sinensky, is "bizarre. To say that per- sonal insult is outside of the guidelines" and to have rules that allow someone to advocate genocide "is preposterous." Barring anti-Semitism from the Prodigy forum is "well within the editorial policy they've established," he asserted. "The point is that they're still saying that you can't at- tack an individual, but they're allowing attacks on a group of people," said Richard Klein, an ADL spokesman. Players in the new interac- tive electronics media in- dustry have had varying degrees of success navigating the debate over the limits on freedom of ex- pression. Prodigy has come under fire before, from the press, subscribers and civil liber- tarians, for being "overly re- strictive" in deciding what can appear on its bulletin boards, according to Mr. Heilbrunn. "As a result, we have evolved our policies to be less limiting. We have been accused of censorship and have moved toward more free expression, not less free expression," he said. "The free and open nature of our bulletin board system means that we will post notes on controversial sub- jects, to which some people may object at times. That is . the essence of the lively and vital exchange of views which have come to characterize interactive electronic media," said Mr. Hein. But according to the ADL, the argument is not one about the First Amendment. Prodigy is "not a govern- ment agency and they are in the business of editorial re- view," Mr. Sinensky said. "They decided to engage in it (making editorial judgments) and having done that, they have an obligation to implement it consistently. They have not done that," he asserted. "THE MOST WONDERFUL FACE LEFT TO US . ." (so said sculptor George Grey Bernard 1863-1938) Sculptor Leonard Wells Volk learned his craft in New York and settled in Illinois after marrying a cousin of Stephen Douglas, who gave Volk the funds to study in Rome in the mid-1850s. On his return Volk set up a studio in Chicago where he first met ABRAHAM LINCOLN in 1858 during Lincoln's historic debates with Douglas. At that time, Lincoln.promised to sit one day for Volk, but it would be almost two years before they met again. In April 1860, Volk noticed a newspaper article announcing Lincoln's arrival in town to argue a case. Volk went to the courthouse and reminded Lincoln of his old promise. 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