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...find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial," Highsmith wrote, "for neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not." But she cared for Ripley, her alter ego or attractive opposite. She attributed the first book's popularity to "the insolence and audacity of Ripley himself... I often had the feeling Ripley was writing it and I was merely typing." In gratitude, she kept him forever young. The novels span 36 years, and each is set in the present; yet Tom ages only about a decade. He is the Dorian Gray of crime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Talented Ms. Highsmith | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

...here I am at the Grille hanging out with the Fox guys. The thing I love about my friends is that I can let it all hang out--nothing I say is off limits. There's a nickname that I've taken on, almost like an alter ego: $wank. It was tagged on me by my blocking group. I'll introduce myself as Aaron, but a friend will come up and say you didn't go through four years of $wank school to be called Aaron. The first definition of $wank is smooth with a swagger walk. OK, fine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Introducing: Fifteen's 15 | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

Lawyers of accused terrorist Wadih el-Hage are using the report to claim that el-Hage's prolonged pre-trial solitary confinement is unconstitutional. Attorneys have filed a motion to establish bail or alter prison conditions...

Author: By Nathaniel L. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Medical School Prof. Attacks Pre-Trial Solitary Confinement | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

...also been suggested that the program be maintained in its current form but simply allow males to apply. Those men interested in panels on motherhood could, the argument goes, benefit from the program as much as women could. But allowing men into the program would immediately alter the dynamic. The Science Alliance is an alliance of those facing similar discrimination. While clearly the male participants would not be perpetrators of such discrimination, they do not suffer from it directly. Women, especially women in a highly competitive environment such as Harvard's, often feel that voicing concerns about discrimination and inequity...

Author: By Gabriella S. Rosen and Dalia L. Rotstein, S | Title: Women Well Served by Science Alliance | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

From the start, McCain was attacked as an opportunist and a carpetbagger. His high-priced Washington consultants, big war chest and television ads did nothing to alter that image. At a debate with his three Republican primary opponents, he took aim at the issue and killed it dead. "Listen, pal," he replied to a challenge to his status as an Arizonan. "I spent 22 years in the Navy. My father was in the Navy. My grandfather was in the Navy. We in the military service tend to move a lot. I wish I could have had the luxury, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: The Power and The Story | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

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