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Referencing Viswanathan’s novel in one of the 618 numbered vignettes that constitutes “Reality Hunger,” Shields reveals his disappointment at the media’s smear-campaign against the young author, then a Harvard sophomore: “Excuse me, but isn’t the entire publishing industry built on telling the exact same stories over and over again?” he asks. “I don’t feel any of the guilt normally attached to ‘plagiarism,’ which seems...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shield's Modernist Manifesto Arrives a Few Decades Too Late | 4/20/2010 | See Source »

...added that the two then went on to smear strawberry yogurt all over the white announcement boards. Considering the nature of this new act of vandalism—especially after Adams HoCo had threatened to file a police report for theft of the gong—Ju says that her Eliot compatriots momentarily considered reciprocating...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Adams Gong Found! | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

...Vatican issued stern statements over the weekend suggesting there was a plot to smear the Pope. The head of Germany's Catholic Church, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, held a private audience with the Pope at the Vatican on Friday. After their meeting, the head of the German Bishops' Conference said he'd briefed the Pope on the situation in Germany. "With great shock, keen interest and deep sadness, the Holy Father took note of what I had to say," Zollitsch told reporters. The Archbishop said the Pope had encouraged German bishops to proceed with "determination and courage" in investigating the allegations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: German Priests' Sex Abuse Scandalizes Church | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

...marathon brawl at the top of France's conservative political establishment took another dramatic turn Thursday when a Paris court cleared former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin of charges he orchestrated a smear campaign to scuttle fellow conservative and arch-enemy Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential hopes. De Villepin's acquittal will allow him to redouble his opposition to Sarkozy - and claim he survived the president's attempt to eliminate him with a trumped-up court case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy Foe de Villepin Free of Smear Row | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

Judging from the reaction to the new breast-cancer recommendations, that is proving to be a difficult reality for Americans to accept. But the task force's mammography advice probably marks the leading edge of similar recommendations to come. Already, new guidelines on Pap smear screening for cervical cancer have delayed the age at which young women should begin regular testing and reduced the frequency of testing in older women. Doctors are also questioning the usefulness of prostate-cancer screening among otherwise healthy middle-aged men, as studies begin to show that the test, which has many risks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mammogram Melee: How Much Screening Is Best? | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

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