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Chick-lit has gotten a bum rap in the past few years, and Viswanathan’s actions did little to improve the genre’s reputation. But McCafferty, as the Village Voice pointed out in May, should not suffer for Viswanathan’s sins; it may be easy to deride the author who inspired the bulk of Viswanathan’s plagiarism, but it’s not fair to do so without reading her work...
...could present itself as a fracture, a brain tumor, consumption (like TB), back pain or renal failure. By the 50s, 60s and 70s, American medicine had to deal with strong doses of ethyl alcohol, and the spectrum of alcohol-related diseases was nearly as broad as syphillis'. The stumble-bum from New York's Bowery was easy to see. The huge vascular operations we did for hardened livers that backed up the flow of blood, the hip pinnings done for alcohol-related osteoporotic fractures (like Roger's), the psychiatric care for alcohol-induced psychosis, even the male mastectomies for alcohol...
...family tradition: the military. Grandfather Jorge is an Army vet. Uncle Luis was a Marine; Uncle Thomas Hance is on his second tour of duty in Iraq. The youngest of the Terrazas brothers, Andres, 14, says he wants to join the Marines. Martin would have joined too, but a bum shoulder kept him out. Miguel died a Marine on Nov. 19, 2005, in the Iraqi town of Haditha...
...water rafting—and being stuck in a lecture for an hour may make him want to jump out a window,” the elder Melvoin says. The younger Melvoin, however, is anxious to get back to the daily grind. “I feel like a bum after awhile, so I’m ready to start working,” he says...
Players and coaches agree: Matt Vance, Harvard baseball’s starting center fielder, is a real “California guy.” While in some spheres the description might suggest laziness, beach bum-ness, or overuse of the word “hella,” it remains a shining compliment when those who know Vance describe...