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...twisted tragedy of the morally bankrupt Vanger dynasty, a fallen and disgraced journalist, and a girl who has experienced every horror one could imagine is deeply engaging. Despite the slightly lacking plot development, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is a near triumph...

Author: By Brianne Corcoran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...easy to overlook. Near the end of the book, seemingly an afterthought to the fact-heavy pieces that precede it, “Checkpoints” explores the process of fact-checking at “The New Yorker.” The essay is a triumph of form, weaving together a broad swath of anecdotes and characters without feeling like what it is: a hodgepodge. But more importantly, it offers something unusual and valuable—a clean and frank description of the toil of writing about the world...

Author: By Abigail B. Lind, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: John McPhee’s ‘Silk Parachute’ Is an Uplifting Triumph of Style | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...banks. It was dubbed by a colleague "the longest suicide note in history." The 2008 global financial crisis would finally force a partial implementation of the second policy, but Foot's legacy cannot be measured in concrete achievements such as laws or processes. His was the very British triumph of the underdog, of the nice guy who came in last and in so doing retained his principles and values. In a country that lost faith in its political classes after being chivied into the Iraq war on the basis of false intelligence and then lost any residual respect for Westminster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Foot | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...spot, Chijoff-Evans cruised to a 6-0, 6-4 victory, and Omodele-Lucien followed with a 6-4, 6-4 triumph of his own at No. 2. Schultz finished with a 6-0, 7-5 score at the No. 5 spot to end the match...

Author: By Charlie Cabot, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Tennis Falters in Alabama Contests | 3/22/2010 | See Source »

...conservative - after spending four years as a moderate, Rockefeller-style Republican Governor - Crist has drawn accusations that he's more ambitious chameleon than judicious consensus builder. What's more, his massive state purchase of U.S. Sugar Corp. land to enhance Everglades restoration, touted last year as a landmark environmental triumph, is now under scrutiny as a sweeter deal for the sugar giant: the company was represented by a legal firm headed in part by Crist's former chief of staff, George LeMieux, whom Crist later tapped to fill the Senate seat the Governor is now seeking after Republican Mel Martinez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Florida, Can Crist Turn the Tide Against Rubio? | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

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