Word: courante
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...source. Jacob was "repeating his mother's guesswork," Bernstein told the New York Post. Ephron concurs: "Carl never told me who Deep Throat was... But I always suspected it was Mark Felt." Felt, now 86, dismisses the theory. "I would have been more effective," he told the Hartford Courant last week...
...Martin Frankel coming home already? The fugitive financier, who on May 5 allegedly absconded with more than $300 million of his clients? money, may have consulted the wrong astrological chart this time. According to the Hartford Courant, Frankel is believed to be in Europe, with Interpol hot on his trail, and ready to talk surrender. The paper says a criminal defense lawyer has contacted federal prosecutors on Frankel's behalf to discuss terms ?- although no one?s saying how close the hunters and the hunted are to a deal...
...Breaking news reporting: The Hartford Courant, for coverage of a lottery worker's shooting rampage...
...topic is likely to be more controversial, or more au courant, in coming years than death. And Jack Kevorkian will not have the last word. Dr. Daniel Tobin's views of dying as a natural part of living were shaped when, as a third-year medical student, he watched a frail, 88-year-old man, near death, plead unsuccessfully with doctors to go home rather than face another battery of invasive tests. Tobin went on to found the FairCare program for peaceful dying in Albany, N.Y. His new book is Peaceful Dying: The Step-by-Step Guide to Preserving Your...
...awful events in the world. The true terror is, of course, that no one is, and we live in a world of random horror. Still, the premise is intriguing. Unfortunately, it gets spoilt by Ellis' penchant for proper nouns. For a book whose main character is so desperately au courant, the anachronisms and inaccuracies are enough to disturb. References are still made to the late Michael Hutchence, Winona Ryder still dates Dave Pirner, and the de rigeur Startac cellphone is misspelled. A deeper problem is the namedropping. Supposedly meant to satirize Victor's obsession with looks, one cannot help...