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...such generalizations can be made because they occur so frequently), pundits predictably exclaim that we must not allow hatred for Islam to fester, but rather, we must remind ourselves that terrorists represent a fringe movement and that tolerance should be extended to the rest of the Muslim world. A witch-hunt may not be in order, but there is no question that the attacks in Mumbai were fueled by the Muslim fanaticism that has grown so prevalent. The Wall Street Journal reported that as two gunmen poised to fire at a dozen people in Mumbai’s Oberoi Hotel...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Lessons From Mumbai | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...From the outset, Clinton's lawyers sought to discredit the Lewinsky investigation as a witch hunt by right-wing lawyers headed by Starr, who, while not politically active, was a conservative Republican. Holder never publicly endorsed that view but fanned it by drawing public attention to similar allegations in the Whitewater case: a prosecution witness had supposedly received payments by anti-Clinton philanthropist Richard Mellon Scaife to discredit the President. In April, Holder wrote to Starr, urging him to look into the matter, and then released the letter to the press. The accusation rested on shaky stories by questionable sources...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Holder's Role in Lewinsky Probe Get Scrutiny? | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

Even the least literary among the Harvard set are likely to be familiar with the wildly successful novel-turned-phenomenon “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.” Few, however, know as much about the man behind the legend, Gregory Maguire. When the fantasy-fiction author made a pit stop at the Harvard Book Store to chat about his new venture into Oz, “A Lion Among Men,” FM took the opportunity to sit down and chat about the perks and pitfalls of writing...

Author: By Lauren J. Vargas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Gregory Maguire | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...your characters have real life counterparts? GM: The character Shell, by the time I got to “Son of a Witch,” is sort of a pastiche of President George W. Bush...

Author: By Lauren J. Vargas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Gregory Maguire | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

...from the brutally candid earnings that guidance companies have been providing lately. "What management is saying on these [conference] calls is basically 'Life sucks,'" says Van Dijk. (He titled his investment report for the close of October "Halloween Comes Early: The Drop in Earnings Expectations Is Scarier Than Any Witch or Werewolf That Shows Up at Your Door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dismal Earnings Outlook on Wall Street | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

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