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...behalf at No. 10 Downing Street. Author Anthony Burgess, writing in the newspaper the Independent, stated the Western position precisely: "What a secular society thinks of the Prophet Muhammad is its own affair, and reason, apart from law, does not permit aggressive interference of the kind that has brought shame and death to Islamabad," where the rioting took several lives. "If Muslims want to attack the Christian or humanistic vision of Islam contained in our literature," Burgess observed, "they will find more vicious travesties than Mr. Rushdie...
...association with Khaalis was brief, but a vague connection to mystery and darkness lingered. Unlike Wilt Chamberlain, who slouched in layup drills and favored finger rolls over slam dunks, Kareem lacked the good taste to be chagrined by his size, to shrink himself down to tradition, to hide the shame of his incongruous talents. He was as tall as Chamberlain and yet as agile as Bill Russell. "His sky hook," says Russell, who seldom rhapsodizes, "is the most beautiful thing in sports...
...shame that everyone who picks up a pen over there is as biased as those who are picking up guns," said Kevin Cullen, a reporter for the Boston Globe...
...these were explicitly mentioned to your reporter. She apparently didn't realize that Harvard is a desert for many performers looking to showcase their talent and that it is news to some readers that there is a new group around dedicated to presenting live performances. It is a shame that your reporter did not include in her article a description of Cookin' and its actual purposes...
Melamed sees the Chicago scandal as just part of an ethical malaise in financial markets around the world. Said he: "Whatever the reason, it's a shame, and I think it's our greatest danger." His conciliatory move this week may actually hasten reform and speed up the Government investigation by reducing the elements of conflict, as he intends. But Melamed's response recalled a bit of wisdom from a bygone era in Chicago: when surrounded by the Feds, come out with your hands...