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...myth of quick-and-easy crime busting may be starting to get in the way of law enforcement. Forensic scientists speak of something they call the CSI effect, a growing public expectation that police labs can do everything TV labs can. This, they worry, may poison jury pools, which could lose the ability to appreciate the shades of gray that color real criminal cases. That, in turn, could discourage prosecutors, who may be reluctant to pursue good circumstantial cases without a smoking gun. "Attorneys may not be willing to go to trial unless you have statistics...
...Abraham really exist? Skeptical readers objected to our cover story as nothing more than myth. "To treat Abraham as a historical figure is like presenting Noah's Ark as fact, complete with measurements and an inventory of all the animals aboard," wrote a Kansas man. Equally unconvinced was a Californian who declared, "Bringing together Christians, Jews and Muslims through their love of Abraham is about as likely as unifying them through a belief in Santa Claus." And a New Jersey reader went the furthest: "More important than recognizing the shared significance of Abraham would be acknowledging that the story itself...
...what’s the connection between the myth and the social group? “We’re hot,” says Tanya F. Perkins ’04, another of the co-founders, with a deadpan face...
Finus is the Actaeon of this uniquely Mississippi myth. In 1916, he spies the youthful Birdie turning naked cartwheels in the woods. This encounter with the goddess-like teenager metamorphoses Finus; he becomes a stag...
Welcome to the world of the H-Bomb, fabled weapon of the Harvard male: Tell a girl you go to Harvard, and she’ll fall at your feet. No matter who you were in high school, the myth goes, you’re a hot commodity once you manage to slip where you go to school into casual conversation...