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...which the place was really the context for the story, and you learn something about the place as well. Finding the pieces was sometimes a matter of going to the out-of-town newsstand - which is probably closed by now - and buying a two-foot pile of newspapers from various parts of the country. Obviously reporters are always looking for stories with some tension and some narrative movement. I often found myself in places where one part of society was rubbing up against another. And then sometimes I'd sort of feel worn down by controversies and murders...
...decade and into the 1930s, the nascent comic book industry was a leading purveyor of porn. Folios known as "Tijuana Bibles" - 2-by-4-in., eight-page booklets named after their alleged place of publication - portrayed popular cartoon characters and movie stars (from Popeye to Al Capone) engaged in various immoral acts...
Anusha, Farha, Pooja—I have mistakenly been called the name of various other freshman South Asian females since I arrived at Harvard two months ago. This doesn’t particularly perturb me, but it often bothers whoever is addressing me. Usually their horrified response plays out along the lines of an apology: “I’m so sorry; I’m not a racist, I swear!” This does perturb...
...various yoga classes in the Middle East over the years, I always had the feeling that everyone wanted to be there. But apparently there are a few Muslims out there who're not sure whether yoga is halal, haram, or makrooh (that is, the permissible, the forbidden and, the last, an in-between category known as "the disliked," including shellfish and cigarettes and other appealing things faithfuls Muslims can partake of without being actively condemned...
...drug giants use various measures to hold up the release of cheaper copies of their brand-name drugs when patents expire, the Commission said. The most common tactic allegedly involves filing multiple patent applications for the same medicine - so-called patent clusters - that stake out an extremely broad claim for a drug's intended use and physical form (for instance, whether as a liquid, a capsule or a pill). In one case, the E.U. found 1,300 patents for a single medicine. Other tactics condemned by the Commission include launching litigation that lasts nearly three years on average, and lobbying...