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...someone has popped onto the screen who is wearing a Cautionary Look. Wait! Isn't that the same bland necktie, the same bland jacket, the same bland face of the man who was trying surreptitiously to blow his nose into USA Today over there by the recycle receptacle just moments ago? Now he's on TV? I lurch over closer to the screen. Maybe he's warning me not to get on that plane...
Though the two lost manuscripts were insured, their loss nevertheless comes as a great blow to the Lame Duck bookstore, which moved into its space in Harvard Square just last year. The Borges collection is one of its most prized possessions, according to Roll. Among many other Borges gems, their collection still holds a handwritten manuscript for “The Garden of Forking Paths,” another of the author’s major stories. That manuscript is listed at $450,000. The reason it is safe, Roll said with relief, is that it stayed in Cambridge during...
...like Putin. Last summer he claimed in a letter posted on the Internet that the President was a habitual pedophile. Litvinenko also contended that Putin had been on the take from Mafia groups for years and that to advance his presidential ambitions, he had directed FSB officers to blow up apartment buildings in Moscow in 1999, killing more than 300 people--then pinning the outrage on Chechen rebels. (Putin has vehemently denied any involvement; Russian courts found a group of Chechens guilty of the crimes.) Litvinenko helped make a French film about the apartment bombings and was contributing...
...consultants who specialize in advising companies faced with such crises say Taco Bell's actions are not enough if the Mexican-food chain is to avoid a serious blow to its business...
...script is riddled with clunky lines—“When the Santa Anas blow all bets are off. Anything can happen.” And yes, there’s a song from the Garden State soundtrack. Although “The Holiday” lacks the sentimental humor of the “Father of the Bride” movies (not to mention no gay Martin Short) and offers a less timely subject matter than that of “Something’s Gotta Give” (not to mention no nude Diane Keaton) it still...