Word: fictions
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Pinker says he and Scarry discussed the use of imagery in fiction and the way the mind processes imagery. And Gates, Pinker says, was enthusiastic about Pinker’s then-forthcoming book, “The Blank Slate,” which emphasizes the role of genetics in human behavior...
...Pulitzer Board yesterday. Elkins’ book, “Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya,” won the Pulitzer—the nation’s most prominent award for journalism and letters—for General Non-Fiction.“I’m simply overwhelmed,” Elkins, the Foster associate professor of African studies, said shortly after the Pulitzer Board made its announcements yesterday afternoon. “This is one of the most spectacular moments of my life...
...Having failed for months to privately extract a promise from Sony not to actually name the organization behind the self-flagellating assassin in the film, Opus on Monday went public with a letter on its website requesting that Sony add a "disclaimer" before the movie explaining that it is fiction, admonishing that "an eventual decision of Sony in this direction would be a sign of respect towards the figure of Jesus Christ, the history of the Church, and the religious beliefs of viewers...
...Julian Cardinal Herranz, Opus' ranking Vatican official, expects. Long ago, he says, when he was editing a university newspaper, someone submitted a story claiming that Opus Dei was part of a worldwide conspiracy. Fascinated, Herranz began talking to Opus members, eventually becoming one himself. "That article I read was fiction," he says. "And now I'm here. I became a priest, I came to Rome, I became a bishop, and now a Cardinal. All because I read a fictional story about Opus...
...went off without a hitch. Horovitz’s documentary “The 12:30 Group,” about a group of elderly golfers who are local legends in Rockport, Mass., was originally made for Professor of the Practice of Filmmaking, Ross McElwee’s non-fiction video course. The short was one of several films by Harvard students that screened during the festival...