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...these tragedies awakens Niuniu to the reality of life in Beijing, where men are "wolves" and women "have a vague feeling that they are forever in danger." It's a place that is emotionally and sexually repressed, that pits student against student in a brutal exam system, that values gossip about people more than connections between them. Spiraling into despair, Niuniu notes: "You don't have to be from a strange place to be a stranger...
...Wildly excited, two men dashed out of a side door of Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory ... and ducked into the Eagle, a pub where generations of Cambridge scientists have met to gossip about experiments and celebrate triumphs. Over drinks, James D. Watson, then 24, and Francis Crick, 36, talked excitedly, Crick's booming voice damping out conversations among other Eagle patrons. When friends stopped to ask what the commotion was all about, Crick did not mince words. 'We,' he announced exultantly, 'have discovered the secret of life!' Brave words?and in a sense, incredibly true ... On that late winter...
Rumors had gone around Woodbridge for years that McGreevey might be gay. Even before controversy broke over Cipel's homeland-security job, at least two reporters had asked McGreevey about the gossip. "That old thing," the Governor told Twersky some time in the summer of 2001. "I can't believe they're bringing that...
...scandals involving the Indian government?"the Judeo tape," "the costly coffins case," "the Tehelka scandal"?and attribute the list to "TIME Research." But it is more than apparent that you have only talked to vested political interests and the perpetrators of fraudulent sting journalism. Fluffing up political allegations and gossip does not make for journalism of international standards. In the case of the Judeo tape, accepting a donation for political work or campaigns is not against the law. No quid pro quo has yet been established. No one has the right to presume guilt till the facts are known. Regarding...
...Although you don?t know Phyllis, Phyllis knew everybody. I?m going to flood this column with famous names, and I might even boldface them in the manner of Walter Winchell, the gossip guru who featured Phyllis frequently, and always with respect, in his columns. It?s a facile way of saying that this woman you don?t know touched the lives of the rich and famous with whom she grew up and grew older. But Phyllis wasn?t the sum of her connections; she was the emotional glue that held them together. It wasn?t the people she knew...