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...course was particularly tortuous. There were empty tables at the fund-raising lunch at Keystone College in La Plume, Pa. The audience response was appropriately tepid when the Congressman was introduced with his wife, who had previously refused to appear with him and now seemed to be keeping a safe distance. Sherwood, you may recall, was the fellow whose affair with a young Peruvian immigrant exploded when she locked herself in the bathroom of his Capitol Hill townhouse, called 911 and claimed the Congressman was trying to choke her. The Congressman, who said he was only giving a massage, made...
...became known," the 28-year-old writes in Gomorra, a riveting account of the Naples Mob. "[But] in territory under surveillance every second ? anything that isn't a hindrance is considered neutral." But with 100,000 copies sold since April, Saviano is no longer considered neutral, and no longer safe. After getting death threats from the local organized crime syndicate, he's keeping a low profile under 24-hour guard. Umberto Eco has compared the situation to the Islamic fatwa against Salman Rushdie, but the mob's violent persecution of muckrakers is, in fact, a particularly Italian legacy. "You need...
...through that. But that's somebody's favorite movie." And somewhere, at some sleepover this weekend, someone is watching Saw or The Devil's Rejects while Mom and Dad sleep in the other room, and appreciating that, yes, it does feel good to scream when you're safe. [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine...
...currently working with law enforcement authorities and the other parties involved to coordinate the paintings’ safe return, and we are pleased and relieved that they have been located,” University Art Museums spokesman Daron J. Manoogian said in a statement...
...those courageous high school students who come out while they are so young, I commend them. In most high schools in America, I can assure you that they face a daily struggle simply to remain safe. To suggest that someone would lie about their sexuality is not an adequate response to deny affirmative action. I’m certain misrepresentation is just as likely to happen in other categories as well. Being gay in this country is not easy. As one famous pamphlet of Queer Nation would respond to an argument like yours, “Go tell them...