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...fact that they're just movie-obsessed nerds like their readers. But you can't put the genie back into the bottle. The lads have become such objects of fascination for the industry that it has paid the group its ultimate compliment. The movie Fanboys comes out Aug...
...imagined that he brought her three stuffed-animal lambs, or three real ones if she’s lucky, or maybe just a really large casserole.Later, he texted to let me know he was spending time in the States, perhaps visiting relatives. “ALI: fw: Sat. Aug. 13th-Inviting to Allah-Dawah workshop.” I researched. The workshop, held at an Islamic institute near San Francisco, taught persons of other faiths about Islam. My mother appreciated that gesture, Ali, to be sure. A few days later, he texted to remind me: “fw: This...
...Aug. 16, 2006, 82 immigrants stood handcuffed in front of a New Orleans federal courthouse. They weren't on trial, but rather launching a suit against their employer, Decatur Hotels, and its owner, local magnate F. Patrick Quinn III. Brought to the U.S. to fill post-Katrina vacancies, the guest workers claim that their pre-signed contracts are all but fiction, and they are demanding compensation. The handcuffs - along with enlarged copies of their visa papers strung around their necks - were symbolic...
...front desk, in maintenance, and as cleaning staff for Decatur's 15 luxury hotels throughout the New Orleans area. Decatur, founded in 1988 by Quinn and Edwin Palmer III, prides itself on turning abandoned historic buildings into boutique hotels. Decatur's lawyer Patricia LeBlanc told the Associated Press on Aug. 17 that the hotel firm sought to use the H-2B program for the first time after Katrina because the company had consistent problems finding hourly workers locally...
...Muslawi refuses to talk about how many he himself saved, saying it fills him with shame. "If I see a Shi'ite child about to drown in the Tigris now," says the carpenter, "I will not reach my hand out to save him." In Khadamiya, too, the narrative about Aug. 31 has changed. Karrar Hussein, 28, was crossing the bridge when the stampede began. Ask him about al-Obeidi, and his cheerful demeanor quickly turns sour. "That is a myth," hisses the cell-phone salesman. "That person never existed at all. He was invented by the Sunnis to make them...