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...post-op ward a day or two before I left and [one of my patients] said, ‘One of these days you have to come visit me...’” Alvarez said. “He told me he’ll remember...
...tell us about your current work?TB: I’ve been very busy writing my dissertation; in fact, the paperwork’s going in this week. I’m writing about what I call performative realism in American independent cinema. I particularly focus on post-war realist films that straddle the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction, of which Andy Warhol’s films are an example. People acting as themselves in his films often create a sense of uncertainty regarding their role as characters.The reason I call it performative realism is that...
Palm Beach Post • Onion-worthy headline - "Obama's Controversial Speech Urges Students to Wash Their Hands" - appears...
...retail investors are turning wary. The latest IPO, that of state-run Oil India which closed Sept. 10, saw a relatively muted retail response, say investment bankers, with most of the interest coming from institutional buyers. "We've invested very selectively in the companies that have come to markets post elections," says Sukumar Rajah, chief investment officer at Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund. "There wasn't much to attract us, particularly from a long-term returns perspective...
...Taiwan." Former President Chen Shui-bian and First Lady Wu Shu-chen were sentenced to life in prison by the Taipei District Court on Friday, nine years after Chen became the first politician from Taiwan's long-time opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to take the island's top post. Chen, 58, and his wife were both charged with embezzlement, bribery, money laundering and forgery and fined $15.3 million for their mishandling of a special state fund and land deals. Chen's son was also sentenced to two-and-a-half years for money laundering, and his daughter...