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Here the greatest flaws of the novel are laid bare, both in the shameless cheapness of that last sentence and in the overwhelming monotony of the lengthy list. Where the detailed research into psychiatry for Enduring Love and British soldiers’ letters for Atonement were seamlessly contained by the narratives, in Saturday McEwan’s efforts become obtrusive. The medical terms used to describe the operations Perowne performs are obviously necessary to any genuine effort to record what is happening, but often these terms swamp the scenes themselves, smothering the prose with a desperate anxiety for accuracy...
When asked if she believes her sex appeal helps her gain public support in fundraising, Stone responded, “I think you have to be willing to be shameless, to withstand whatever comes with the moment of change. It might bring problems, catastrophes, personal humiliation… but if you really believe in that change, the fierceness of your commitment will carry you through...
...sneaking into the news business with its pre-packaged news segments is a scary one indeed. The government’s under-handed assault on the integrity of the nightly news must cease, either by the president’s own hand or by Congressional action to stop the shameless wasting of tax dollars on subliminal self-promotion, particularly of the mock news-broadcast variety. It’s the responsibility of the government to stay out of journalism and the duty of news broadcasters to keep the government off their turf, lest television’s last little island...
...Forleo ruled that their actions hadn't "exceeded guerrilla activity" - even though she conceded that the men had signed up militants to go to Iraq. They were convicted of immigration offenses. The terror judgment sparked "rage and disbelief" from Italian Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini, who termed the verdict "a shameless distortion of reality before the eyes of the entire world." Prosecutors plan to appeal the decision. Since existing rules don't always allow officials to prevent local radicals from getting to Iraq - or causing mayhem in Europe - the British government wants to change the rules. British Home Secretary Charles Clarke...
...lifted his dukes against a force of monumentatious sportumental influence. Translation: DON KING filed a $2.5 billion defamation suit against ESPN last week. "I seek justice," said King, disputing ESPN's SportsCentury profile of him, aired last May, which called the boxing promoter a "snake-oil salesman" and "shameless huckster." The program claimed-- falsely, King says in his suit--that he shortchanged Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes as well as a hospital owed funds from a boxing charity benefit, and threatened to kill two people. An ESPN spokesman defended SportsCentury as a Peabody and Emmy Award--winning series that...