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...Voice hearers must navigate a society that often views them as freaks and potential criminals: Bullimore says he's been spat upon, called a "psycho" and had his face slashed with a broken vase by people who know of his condition. In public, some voice hearers mask internal arguments by appearing to shout into their cell phones. Others wear headphones to drown out the sound, or set up appointments during which the voices can vent at their leisure...
Robert Trivers, the Rutgers biologist noted for his public spat with Harvard Law School Professor Alan M. Dershowitz, made a Valentine’s Day visit to Cambridge yesterday. But it wasn’t candy hearts and flowers that he brought with...
...years," Hicks told TIME shortly after buying Liverpool last year. "All team owners go through a learning curve at how to be a good owner. We both have done that ... fans want stability. Players want stability." In truth, it hasn't really worked out like that. A public spat with Rafael Benitez, Liverpool's Spanish team manager and a favorite among supporters, has done nothing for the American owners' own fan base in the city. Uncertainty over the club's ownership - Dubai International Capital, which offered $300 million for the club before Hicks and Gillett swooped with a better offer...
...candidate who has based much of his appeal as a straight-talking, different kind of politician, the spat over his honesty couldn't have come at a worse time. While McCain succeeded in bringing Iraq to the fore, the flare-up between the two threatens to undo the relatively positive round of coverage that followed high-profile endorsements from Gov. Charlie Crist and Sen. Mel Martinez...
...Nevada and South Carolina. The Nevada population is one-quarter Hispanic, and typically about half of South Carolina Democratic-primary voters are African American. Within hours of reaching those states, the contest between Clinton and Obama acquired a racial text and subtext that posed dangers for both candidates. The spat subsided only after the candidates stepped in to defuse the tension and return to the sort of post-identity campaigns that both will need to run in the general election...