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...anymore to argue. Next week will see the release of a previously unpublished story by Mark Twain, almost a century dead; it will be followed by next month's Who is Mark Twain, a collection of 24 formerly unseen essays and short stories. Long-lost novels by Jack Kerouac, David Foster Wallace and Vladimir Nabokov are scheduled to see the light of day in coming years...
...will, he'd instructed his son and executor Dmitri to destroy the manuscript. Dmitiri does not seem to be inclined to obey, setting off a debate over which is more important - an author's last wishes or the pull of literary posterity. Will next year's tentative release of David Foster Wallace's novel The Pale King, for example - just a year and a half after the writer's suicide last September - ensure his spot in the pantheon of great 20th century authors? Or will it simply prove to be exactly what it is - an imperfect, unfinished work? Still...
...Golden Eagles from Boston College, should remain a force this year after being one of the best sailing squads in the country last year. “Boston College should be really good again this year,” she added. Himler compared the relationship to one of David vs. Goliath, yet remained optimistic. “BC has a great squad, but I believe we will continue to improve the rest of this season and will perform well.” Newly-elected captain sophomore Alan Palmer skippered over the weekend, where he was teamed up with senior Lauren...
...February ruling. Indeed, it's not rare these days to hear Coleman's attorneys claim the ruling violated the equal-protections clause of the U.S. Constitution. "The court has given him very narrow opportunity for establishing proof or establishing evidence as to what ballots are going be counted," notes David Schultz, a professor at Hamline University and the University of Minnesota who is an expert in election law. "It still leaves the court with what looks like an inconsistency. But that may be an issue for an appeal." If the loser appeals to Minnesota's Supreme Court, Schultz adds...
Major General David Perkins, a spokesman for U.S. forces in Iraq, told a press conference in Baghdad on Sunday that al-Qaeda was increasingly desperate to maintain relevance in Iraq. The source close to the insurgency told TIME that al-Qaeda was regrouping and recalibrating its focus. "The politics of the attacks have changed," the source said. "They don't want to attack the Americans because they know they are leaving. They are targeting the Awakening councils and the tribes because they are working with the government," he said, referring to the mainly Sunni councils that turned against the insurgency...