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...Oprah, who had taken the memoir to heart back when she thought it was nonfiction, promoted it to best-sellerdom through her book club and went so far as to call Larry King Live to defend Frey during a show questioning the veracity of A Million Little Pieces. After The Smoking Gun did some digging that fatally undermined the author's already unsteady wall of credibility, Oprah invited him back on her show and got all high school principal on him. "That's a lie. It's not an idea, James. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World's Most Shocking Apology: Oprah to James Frey | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...probably staying still a bit more because they've already expended so much energy," says Alissa Frémeaux, a biostatistician who was the primary analyst on the data. "The others are more likely to grab a bike and run around after school, or maybe join a sports club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Kids' Exercise Matters Less Than We Think | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...trumpeting the results of its recent poll as proof that students support a reversal in Harvard’s ROTC policy, the Harvard Republican Club has misrepresented the significance of a highly unscientific exercise. Last week, the HRC concluded its poll of Harvard undergraduates with an impressive 1,700 responses, 62% of which favored official recognition of ROTC at the College. Yet the HRC’s claim that the poll shows “strong support for official recognition of ROTC among Harvard students” is dubious at best. A substantial self-selection bias and a low response...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: An Unfounded Claim | 5/13/2009 | See Source »

...idea for this book? When the Fight Club movie was going into production, I quit my job so I could write full-time. I needed something that would get me out of bed really early in the morning so I started volunteering at a homeless soup kitchen. People didn't know who I was or why I was there, so they started inventing stories about me. I was a registered sex offender and I'd just been released from prison and was being forced to do community-service work. I was a murderer, an arsonist - all these horrific things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Novelist Chuck Palahniuk | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

...December 15 next year in the middle of finals, you won't be able to use it. You can't wear a suit or other dress clothes on one, especially in the winter when they will get ruined.” (Mckinsey's info sesh, 2:45am, Faculty Club...

Author: By Meaghan E Lyons | Title: Budget Plinko, Part II: Shuttle Shafting | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

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