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...fruits of a six-figure book deal with Simon & Schuster. In the early 1990s, Stringer says, she was trafficking up to 30 kilos of cocaine weekly to street gangs in Ohio. She was busted and served seven years in prison. When she got out, she self-published her roman à clef Let That Be the Reason--and got nowhere. So she developed a business plan. "I finished the book in 2001, and I sent out letters to over 26 agents and publishers, and no one would touch it," says Stringer. Instead, she self-published. "I just took...
...Kazakh. What he represents is a country of Boratastan, a country of one." ROMAN VASILENKO, Kazakhstan press secretary, on Borat Sagdiyev, the bumptious, fictional Kazakh TV reporter created by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Borat, whose antics have drawn the ire of Kazakh authorities, was turned away from the White House during President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to Washington...
...parliament's recent decision to legalize gay marriage, for example, was met by severe disapproval from the Vatican, as were the 2004 objections to Italian politician Rocco Buttiglione's candidacy for European Justice Commissioner on the grounds that he had labeled homosexuality a "sin." In a secular Western Europe, Roman Catholics are now often claiming that they are victims. "In the Western world today, we are experiencing a wave of drastic new enlightenment ? of secularization," Pope Benedict XVI said recently. "It is becoming more difficult to believe." But in parts of Eastern Europe, religious politicians are pushing back, demanding that...
...collars even decorated the tops of suits in Armani shops (though I doubt that will catch on with the males of America). And no one seemed to object to the requisite murder of small animals! Considering that Italy is a country where people feel comfortable spraying graffiti on priceless Roman artifacts, that’s quite an accomplishment. Yet in Cambridge, where the weather has become rather cold by now, there is a veritable lack of fur on anything. This fact isn’t particularly startling, I suppose. Most people who live in Cambridge wear breathable organic fabrics that...
Homesickness wasn't a problem either. The three-bedroom, two-bath flat overlooking a Roman amphitheater was a powerful draw for visitors. A high-speed Internet connection simplified paying bills, e-mailing friends and maintaining the monthly investment e-newsletter Plumb had started writing after retiring as a managing director of a financial-advisory firm. "It was like living a dream," says Plumb. "We finally got our semester abroad...