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...important corners of American letters, there was a backlash forming. In reviews that were on the whole positive, John Updike still found Salinger sentimental, and Alfred Kazin thought he was getting "cute." For years John Cheever told friends that he thought Salinger wouldn't let Hollywood make a movie version of Catcher because Salinger was too old to play Holden. And in a review that is said to have infuriated Salinger, Mary McCarthy accused him of a "terrifying" narcissism and wondered whether Seymour killed himself because he suspected that he, too, was "a fake." (See TIME's 1961 cover...
...earlier version of the Jan. 28 news article "Students React to State of the Union" referenced Samuel B. Novey as a senior. In fact, he is a junior...
Concussive Dangers Football has been a rough sport since the leather-helmet days, but today's version raises the violence to an art form. No other contact sport gives rise to as many serious brain injuries as football does. High school football players alone suffer 43,000 to 67,000 concussions per year, though the true incidence is likely much higher, as more than 50% of concussed athletes are suspected of failing to report their symptoms. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...critics who believed the Administration was reluctant to crack down on Wall Street, Volcker became the proof that wasn't in the pudding - the monetary version of the "most trusted name in news" who suddenly sounded like a Daily Kos blogger. If Obama really wanted to stop banks from getting too big to fail, why didn't he take Volcker's advice about how to stop them from getting too big? If Obama really wanted to stop Wall Street's excessive risk-taking, why didn't he take Volcker's advice to stop federally insured banks from gambling on their...
...million Americans paying for college," Obama was forced to go off script. "I thought I'd get some applause on that one," he said, looking over to the Republicans, who were sitting on their hands. There was some giggling, and some of them relented, offering the congressional version of a golf clap...