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Tales, yarns, biographies, anecdotes, fables, government propaganda, gossip, myths, parables: stories stories. If Rafik Schami hoped to set the critics cooing over the thickly-woven narrative splendor of his first novel, Damascus Nights, he went the right way about writing it. He tells the story of a story-teller who has to have a series of stories told him by save him from a fairytale curse of dumbness which prevents him from telling stories. Do you see a theme forming" The essence of, say, a thousand night and a night of story-telling have been compressed into a single volume...
Hong Kong -- Aged Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who finally made an official appearance in Shanghai last week after being out of the public eye for almost a year, is the focus of much silly gossip over what seems to be a battle between him and rival Communist Party elder Chen Yun to see who can maintain his faculties longer. A source close to Deng's inner circle tells this story: the 89-year-old Deng can no longer write but can walk 50 steps; the 88-year- old Chen can write but can walk only 30 steps. Says the source...
...People feel they have to be secretive," saysGideonse. "You're in a fish bowl and everyone seeswhat you're doing and its prone to gossip...
...stars, or the press, or major industry movers -- no Michael Ovitzes, Barry Dillers or Steven Spielbergs. Instead, the horde consisted of the callused foot soldiers of Hollywood: agents, producers, entertainment lawyers, talent managers and screenwriters -- most of them in their 20s and 30s, all busily looking for clients, jobs, gossip, attention...
Those, like Dean Gill, who accept the responsibility of upholding that confidentiality should not be pilloried for their faithfulness, nor should their silence be viewed as license to fill the void with gossip and heresay...