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...story you're reading is an account of actual events submitted to Poe -- is reflected in several of his own short stories, including the marvellously titled "Heavy Put-Away, or a Hustle Not Wholly Devoid of a Certain Grossness, Granted," found in this collection. An account of a mean prank worthy of Flannery O'Connor at her darkest, "Heavy" is one of Southern's most pointed comments about human nature, and a perfect example of his crisp, succinct approach to writing (one can think of several crime novelists - e.g.think Donald Westlake - who would have spun "Heavy" into a full-length...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The High Life and High Times of Terry Southern | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

Crisis was averted when the network clarified that Ma, the world’s most famous cellist, was just helping out with its April Fool’s Day prank...

Author: By Sarah A. Dolgonos and Amit R. Paley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: College Taught Ma to Play His Own Tune | 6/5/2001 | See Source »

...Clay and Lee and ended up in Turno. Eureka! Mary K. Letourneau, the elementary school teacher who seduced her 13-year-old former student and later had two children by him, one while she was serving time for her misdeeds. Washington's state superintendent of public education called the prank sophomoric and has begun an investigation. Unfortunately for those who answered correctly, the question will no longer be counted in the final score...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raw Data: May 14, 2001 | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

Early Monday morning, two students at Boston-area colleges died in unrelated incidents-an MIT sophomore was found dead in her dorm room and a Boston University (B.U.) sophomore fell to his death while attempting a prank...

Author: By Katherine A. Crawford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Deaths Impact MIT, B.U. Campuses | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

...officials said Johnson and a group of friends were attempting to pull a prank at the time of his death. The exact nature of the prank is still unknown, but the Anti-Defamation League released a statement yesterday charging the group with trying to plant a flag with a swastika on top of the building, according to the Daily Free Press, Boston University's student newspaper...

Author: By Katherine A. Crawford, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Deaths Impact MIT, B.U. Campuses | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

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