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...There are two (equally frustrating) discrepancies at issue here: One, the fact that some survivors of the September 11th attacks stand to collect hundreds of times what others will receive. Why is the life of a young bond trader worth $3.5 million while the life of a secretary is worth just $300,000? "I cannot make those distinctions and I will not make those distinctions," says Kenneth Feinberg, the man with the unenviable task of divvying up the Victim Compensation Fund. "Every life is valuable. I will not play Solomon." Luckily, he doesn't have to - there is nothing Solomonic...
...custody. Sabag and the only other woman in the group, Shulamit Amram, spent four hours handcuffed to a chair, some in the group were administered polygraph tests without counsel present, and none of them could contact their families because the prison where they were detained doesn't allow international collect calls. The reasons behind their detention: in March, employees in federal office buildings around the country complained to authorities about another group of Israeli students who represented themselves as selling art but seemed uncommonly interested in gaining access to restricted spaces. Government sources also say there is an ongoing counterespionage...
...surreal tales that are about much more than what’s for dinner. In a series of vignettes, Crace tells of a mixture that, when consumed, makes one laugh without cause; a condemned man’s last meal as described by a narrator watching the prison guard collect the food requested, which includes drug-laced baked goods; a spontaneous game of “strip fondue” with friends from the office; a mother testing whether she can taste pasta in another person’s mouth—her daughter’s. The Devil?...
...hobby for you? You don’t collect men, do you? Men are just snacks to you. But, there is a man coming along who is going to sweep you off your feet. He’s just like you are. He wants to have power and influence. Fame or recognition comes with him. He knows everybody. He may be kind of rebellious and disruptive and you would have to tame him because he is like a horse that hasn’t been broken. But you will end up getting in trouble together. Within three weeks of graduation...
...object of the game, as it was explained to our unwashed, undifferentiated prefrosh mass, was to collect as many strings from different “Warm Fuzzies” as possible by finding unsuspecting fellow prefroshies, ostensibly exchanging the most superficial of information, extracting a piece of yarn from their different colored “Warm Fuzzy,” then quickly moving on to the next random encounter. The winner was, of course, the person with the most yarn. So, with a sickening smile boiling with condescension, our host shouted...