The Justice Department's lawyer, Mr. Buterman, said the contract provision all but assured publishers would begoff the wholesale model, to avoid having to match lower prices and absorb the margin loss.
On her way to beg, Banafsha stops off at a center run by an Afghan nongovernmental organization called Aschiana -- the name means "nest" in Dari -- for a little education, a little recreation and a glimmer of hope.