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...grew up in Central Square in Cambridge. The acting bug bit him at age eleven when he began studying theater at the Wheelock Family Theatre. His first job was in a commercial spot at 16. He took the money he earned and went to New York to hire an agent...
...truth is nowhere near this simple. A false statement need not be a lie. "The earth is flat," coming from a member of the Flat Earth Society, is not a lie but a statement of belief. Furthermore, a true statement can be a lie. Imagine a dishonest agent telling a client, "The check is in the mail," and then discovering to his horror that his new secretary has actually . . . mailed the check. Even though his client got paid, the agent intended...
Many guards, however, said last week they knowlittle about the letter because it was only readto a few members of the unit. Copies of the letterwere not released, union agent Francis Fanningreportedly told guards, because Patrick wasworried about press leaks...
...third eye, however myopic on occasion, or however silly. By telling stories as it does (however skewed its critics, like Quayle, may think the stories are), television may militate against fanaticism and fantasies of revenge. The medium's demographic gyroscopes almost inevitably discourage bigotry. It is sometimes a shaming agent: a drama about the dilemmas of homosexuals, for example, may shame many Americans into being more tolerant on that score. The medium has a ceremonial and sacramental role when it covers tragedies, Challenger explosions, state funerals and the like. It even performs some of the functions of an American conscience...
...plaintiff's suit included a total of eight athletes, but according to Tom Condon, a sports agent and former head of the N.F.L. Player's Association, some 1,000 of the N.F.L.'s 1,500 players have been affected by the old free- agency rule, which has been in effect since 1989. The players' attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, called the decision a "total victory." The N.F.L. said it would appeal...