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...novel or short story by an American author, for War Trash, the tale of a Chinese soldier captured by Americans during the Korean War; in Washington, D.C. Ha Jin previously won the award for his 2000 novel Waiting, and becomes only the third writer after Philip Roth and John Edgar Wideman to win the prize twice in its 25-year history...
...murdered are not blameless heroes. The victims "are seen not as journalists killed in the line of duty, but as people who had it coming," says Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc, editor in chief of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Suspects have been identified in many cases (including Dizon's-Edgar Belandres, a swinery owner, is currently on trial for the murder, a crime he denies committing). But only a few have been convicted since 1986. Stung by criticism from organizations like the International Federation of Journalists and Reporters Sans Frontières, the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo recently...
...Sometimes, of course, genuinely crusading journalists do get murdered. In 2002, for example, the highly regarded editor of the Zamboanga Scribe, Edgar Damalerio, was gunned down on the street. Famous for writing exposés of local malfeasance, Damalerio had also taken the extraordinary step of personally filing cases against allegedly crooked officials. Since Damalerio's death, his paper's publisher, Hernan de la Cruz, says he has hired three bodyguards and has taken to carrying a .45-cal. pistol for protection. These are logical precautions, no doubt, but what about the many journalists who cannot afford such measures...
...protect student rights, it would be reassuring to know that the Harvard community can rely on its academic departments to criticize faculty members who step out of line. Reluctant to challenge an esteemed professor’s wishes, however, the psychology department opted not to intervene under these circumstances. Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology Ken Nakayama, who is also the head tutor in psychology, justified the department’s reservations, claiming, “The general policy has been to allow professors wide latitude in the conduct of their classes, including how they manage their enrollment. Such policies have...
...Dangerous to Know was a film version of Edgar Wallace's On the Spot, which Wong had played on Broadway. She's the "hostess," i.e. mistress, of a gangster (Akim Tamiroff) with potent political connections. While he does all the heavy acting, she stands by, stoic and steaming, as, essentially, a housekeeper in her own house. She hasn't much more to do in the 1939 Island of Lost Men, where the strong man is J. Carrol Naish as the Oriental plantation boss Gregory Prin. She's a nightclub singer ("China Lily - Songstress of the Orient") and, again...