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...SETTLED. By Wen Ho Lee, 66, U.S. nuclear scientist once suspected of, but never charged with, espionage; his suit against the U.S. government for allegedly violating his privacy by leaking reports that he was being investigated for spying for China; in Washington. The government will pay Lee $895,000 for legal fees and other costs. Separately, five news organizations agreed to pay Lee $750,000, ending proceedings against their reporters for not divulging sources...
...born: an anti-Garbo who viewed life and love as a series of awful amusements. In their seven films together--of which a terrific trio (Morocco, Blonde Venus and The Devil Is a Woman) are included here--Sternberg swathed Dietrich's wry sexuality in silk, feathers, a gorilla suit and his camera's soft-focus devotion. As his films got more deliriously abstract, she got restless, and the two parted in 1935. Their legacy is these films: a uniquely frilly and profound record of an artist's obsession with his model...
SETTLED. By Wen Ho Lee, 66, U.S. nuclear scientist once suspected of, but never charged with, espionage; his suit against the U.S. government for allegedly violating his privacy by leaking reports that he was being investigated for spying for China; in Washington. The government will pay Lee $895,000 for legal fees and other costs. Separately, five news organizations agreed to pay Lee $750,000, ending proceedings against their reporters for not divulging sources...
...great philanthropist who did not spend money on himself,” says Tori Murden McClure, a longtime friend. His rowing single, she says, was the cheapest that could be bought, and “he would think nothing of the fact that his suit was older than his children.”The first Wednesday of every month, he would lunch with a group of friends: an episcopal priest, an architect, the head of a homeless coalition.As he traveled, he kept up a steady correspondence with friends, many of whom have bundles of his letters. Bingham was thoughtful, coming...
...Fifty years later, students have later bedtimes—which their library demands have changed to suit. But two constants have remained—the perceived limits on study space and time, and vocal student movements to amend them...