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...story because they "spent several days looking for evidence that might corroborate Hatfield's account." They came up short, and dropped the story ? until now. Will the public dismemberment of Hatfield's credibility do anything to reinforce a hands-off attitude among the national media when it comes to dubious claims about public figures? "It should, but it probably won't," says TIME Washington correspondent John Dickerson. "The pressure on news organizations to get the big story is incredibly intense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Busted: Bush or Biographer? | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...ripped the cable out of it and plugged it into my PC.) Another good thing: you can customize your welcome screen with a list of sites you most often visit. Also, users can now retrieve deleted e-mail up to 24 hours after the time of trashing--a dubious move that's certain to increase the divorce rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AOL: You've Got 5.0! | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...Bust is the sequel to The Haunted Tea-Cosy, continuing the story of Edmund Gravel and the Bahhumbug and marketed in the same way. Just as Harcourt Brace pushed The Haunted Tea-Cosy as a Christmas present, The Headless Bust has been positioned as a millennium gift-book, a dubious genre to be sure...

Author: By Annie Bourneuf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gorey Loses His Touch | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

...recently achieved several scouncilcesses, redcounciled phone rates and fly-by lunches not least among them. But their advocacy too could be replaced. There is near-unanimous support for universal keycard access, a student center, and the like--students interested in advocating for council issues do not need the dubious mandate afforded by council elections. A student services club open to everyone would do just as well as the council, if not better...

Author: By Hugh P. Liebert, | Title: Students Vote No on Council | 10/12/1999 | See Source »

...timing of Minnesota Gov. Jesse "The Body" Ventura's visit to the Institute of Politics tomorrow could barely get better. Ventura, the former professional wrestler and one of two independent governors in the Union, is riding another wave of dubious publicity, this time after an interview in Playboy magazine in which, among other things, he said he would like to be reincarnated as a 38DD bra and proclaimed that "organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: 'The Body' Politic | 10/5/1999 | See Source »

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