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Condemnation was swift. Watson arrived in the U.K. midweek to promote his new book, which will be out Oct. 22. He was scheduled to speak Friday at the Science Museum in London, but the museum announced the day before that it would cancel the event, as Watson had "gone beyond the point of acceptable debate." The University of Edinburgh then axed Watson's scheduled appearance for Monday, calling the scientist's remarks "entirely incompatible with the spirit" of the lecture series in which he was supposed to participate. And an event organizer in Bristol, which had booked the DNA pioneer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mortification of James Watson | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

...Vampires wield long, razor-sharp fangs and even longer, yellowing nails. They attack humans at the throat and suck their blood until they die, and as a result they are always sporting beards of dried blood on their mouths and chins. They howl at the moon in unison and speak an absurd imaginary language comprised primarily of guttural shrieks and raspy hiccups. And, naturally, they can’t stand the sunlight...

Author: By Anjali Motgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 30 Days of Night | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

With regard to Streep’s reporter character, he commented on the confines of a corporate-controlled media full of spins, lies, and double-speak. “What we reveal is how trapped she is in a profession that lost some of its ethics a while ago,” he said...

Author: By Victoria D. Sung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Redford Criticizes Administration at Screening | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

...believe the contingent is the only true portal into the universal. They believe that the one humdrum Dublin day in the life of a middle-aged, Jewish cuckold who defecates, masturbates, feeds animals, attends a funeral, remembers his dead son, and kisses the ass of his adulterous wife can speak not just to one perverse character’s experience but to the experience of humanity as a whole, across all time and nationality...

Author: By David L. Golding, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: TOME RAIDER: Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

...Overhearing Katumba from the next table, Peter Gaehler raps his cane on the floor and erupts. "These foreigners come here and abuse our social system! Half of them don't speak our language," says Gaehler, 78, as several nearby people listen in and nod in agreement. "Why should we give them passports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Immigration Dominates Swiss Vote | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

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