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...girlfriend, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and of African and African American Studies Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, stayed up late to see one of the first screenings of “Revenge of the Sith.” He wore a Darth Vader helmet, which only caused minor tension with the self-styled Jedi knights they sat next to in the theater...
...second third of The Plot turns into a minor detective story as a correspondent for the London Times discovers the similarity between Protocols and a nearly forgotten French parody of Napoleon III. A major portion of The Plot compares passages from both sources in an effort to expose the obvious similarities and outright plagiaries, a comparison that the Times used to declare The Protocols a fake in 1921. The final, melancholy third of The Plot examines the enduring virus of Protocols, which, in spite of numerous, incontrovertible findings of being wholly forged, continues to be published the world over...
...looks superficial, and we have stopped the blood loss," said Emad. But he was unable to see that Salah had suffered two torn nerves, damaged tendons and, most dangerous of all, two torn arteries. The only blood flow to his arm was coming from collateral circulation, from minor blood vessels and capillaries in the skin. Left in that condition, the hand would have been irreparably damaged in two or three days...
Friedman coins several clever and useful monikers. “Developing Countries Anonymous,” for instance, expresses the need for underdeveloped countries to engage in self-reflection, openly avow their lack of development, and then consciously choose to fix it. He also intersperses personal accounts of minor technological enlightenment—realizing that he can print his boarding pass at home, for instance—that provide a welcome air of self-deprecation to countervail the author’s reverence for his own “Columbus-like” trip to India...
Stories like Matt Birk’s exist, and Crimson athletes lap them up—but for Fried, now a comedy writer in Los Angeles, the idea of a long, embattled career in the minor leagues was too risky...