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...crypto-communists" Orwell gave to British intelligence in 1948; the defense that no one was harmed by Orwell's revelations does not remove the stigma of naming names. In any case, such esteemed contemporaries as V.S. Pritchett and Anthony Powell have pronounced him nothing less than a "saint." That's a bit much for Hitchens, who prefers to say that Orwell "took some of the supposedly Christian virtues and showed how they could be 'lived' without piety or religious belief." One virtue Orwell did not possess was an ear for good fiction. His early novels creak and groan with messages...
...over with," Cubs manager Dusty Baker told the Chicago Tribune. "I was looking at TV today, and Martha Stewart is tainted. I've been tainted. You name me someone great who hasn't been tainted. And if you find that person, then you'll probably have a saint. If there are saints walking around, I'd definitely like to meet that saint, because I need some cleansing myself...
Soon after he got the two-month extension of his group's insurance, Sosenko thought he might have found a more permanent solution, courtesy of the local Provena Saint Joseph Hospital. Surgeons like to have a pulmonologist standing by when they perform a complicated procedure like open heart surgery. So the hospital offered to hire Sosenko and his colleagues as staff physicians and cover them under its liability insurance. However, Provena's insurance company wouldn't cover the doctors if they continued to see patients outside the hospital, even part time. "Maybe it was silly to take the two-month...
...exploited and degraded by rapacious urban men. And since it follows that clichés can only talk in clichés, Ali's characters spout the requisite quirky homilies: "A blind uncle is better than no uncle"; "Rubbing ashes on your face doesn't make you a saint"; "The jackfruit is still on the tree but already he is oiling his moustache." Chanu, in particular, seems to construct entire monologues out of aphorisms. In Bengali folk theater, that's a tried and tested comedic technique. Here, it's tired and tiring. If you're looking for something with genuine...
...executive formerly held positions in cellular physiology and biochemistry at the National Heart Institute, and was the chair of biological chemistry and director of the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University in Saint Louis. He has authored more than 100 scientific papers, specializing in studies of lipids and enzymes...