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...graduate students.” Goldman says that punk rock “became dull” to him, but there is common ground between punk and his dissertation, “Political Nihilism.” “There’s a common dissatisfaction with the usual standard of life,” Goldman says...
...greeting that references their lord and savior? Forget the political correctness that drives conservative chatterboxes like Bill O’Reilly up the wall; the decision here is strictly business. And forget about attracting non-Christian shoppers—either they’ll be making their usual purchases regardless of what your sign says, or they’re Jewish and are waiting for the post-Christmas clearance season to begin. That’s when I stock up, at least...
...were missing on Nov. 16, while the store was hosting an evening reception for booksellers in town for the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. Roll had brought out the Borges collection in order to display the manuscripts to visitors, but found that the two stories were not in their usual place...
...ball got deep. That left the outside open, and not even a shift from 2-3 zone to man-to-man defense when Goffredo was in the game, a sign of respect for the Crimson’s senior marksman, prevented him from getting more good looks than usual. “They were definitely sagging off me when I was on the weakside,” Goffredo said. “My guy was down at the block a lot, and I was able to get some quick reversals, and able to get looks with guys closing...
...Lugovoy had used on a previous trip to London prompted British authorities to wonder if there might have been an earlier, failed murder attempt. A senior British security official thought the sprawl of radioactive markers throughout London and beyond implied an amateur operation, not up to the FSB's usual standard. But another official disagreed. "This is such an extraordinary material to be using as a weapon," he said, "I'm not sure if any standard operating procedures would exist for handling it." Lugovoy's explanation for the traces that seem to track his progress around London was straightforward. "Someone...