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...prizes, etc., but offering up money to the dead truly is nonsensical and counterproductive. It is a difficult issue to resolve, especially when, as was the case last year, a book written by a dead man was probably the most deserving of awards, and I don’t pretend to have a perfect solution. To choose to disqualify anyone based upon extra-literary considerations opens the door for all sorts of petty politicking—something the literary realm definitely needs no more of. However, the case is that, in the cash-strapped world of letters, it is more...
...object. You’re not going to take it away to try and make something pretty and new. You’re not going to hide that. We could make tremendously accurate facsimiles of such objects, but why would we? The goal isn’t to pretend it’s a new thing that hasn’t been used. Just how much are we going to treat here? When it comes to the original you want them to tell the story.”The fact that all the work done on the objects is reversible...
...still maturing, a necessary prerequisite before the band can produce more cohesive tracks that showcase a stronger, more original lyrical footing capable of complementing the solid instrumental backing. In “E.S.T.,” McVeigh sings, “I hope you remember me / I hope you pretend for me,” which seems to imply that the anxiety of mortality is clearly an issue for the band. But only time will tell if White Lies can branch out of their current influences to navigate through the wake of their recent hype.—Staff writer...
...After a day or two of thrashing AIG and its employees, Congress and the Treasury can pretend to use government bailout money to pay the government back. Or, they can hang on to the issue because it makes for a good political circus. If the latter path is the preferred plan, the business of putting hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy to save it from a deepening recession can be put off to the side of the agenda and the most important work of the Administration can be delayed...
Enter Rolcats.com - the website for people who like to pretend that their pets suffer injustice and oppression under the Eastern Bloc. If you like jokes about cats selling other cats as Russian brides to wealthy American businessmen or kittens who expose traitors within the Russian military, then you might go nuts over Rolcats...