Stanford Lecturer Wins Faulkner Write-Alike Contest in Mississippi
Wendy Goldberg, Stanford University lecturer, won Jack Daniel’s Faulkner contest with a 50 word entry described as a blend of metaphors and analogies. Her victory earns a free trip to read the piece at a Faulkner scholars conference in Mississippi.
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Oxford
Ronge
Boston
William Faulkner
Wendy Goldberg
Stanford University
Jack Daniel
Goldberg
Greece
Linc
Writers i New York
Walter G. Watkins Jr
Jackson
Miss
Missouri
Michael A. Crivello
Texas
Deion
Dalas Cowboys
Deion Sanders
Swice
Mississippi
Witten
Dyin to Lie Down faux Faulkner style spoof
A long satirical piece about a Boston Marathon victory, mixing faux Faulkner prose with runners and city imagery. It lampoons fame and race culture via a narrator referencing foes like Rosie Ruiz and Addie Bunion, ending with humorous questions about blisters.
World War II memorial design on the Mall rejected
The Commission of Fine Arts rejected architect Friedrich St Florian’s memorial concept for the Mall, scrapping the rooms and columns core of the design. Leaders of the American Battle Monuments Commission promise a rethink while other entrants worry about a restart as the proposal is trimmed to fit the site.
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Washington
Commission of Fine Arts
Friedrich St
St. Florian
the Monuments Commission
TV ratings plan due as NBC snubs submission
New York report says the TV industry will file its ratings plan with the FCC this week. NBC plans no alternative submission, arguing ratings should remain voluntary. The industry-wide scheme would add symbols for sex, language, violence and suggestive dialogue by Oct. 1, with NBC already testing new advisories and facing scrutiny from Congress and public opinion.
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New York
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Reed Hundt
NBC
Homicide
National Association of Broadcasters
National Cable Television Assn
Motion Picture Association of America
Congress
Old Amish split over killer as new branch embraces him
Edward Gingerich, convicted of involuntary manslaughter in his wife Katie’s 1993 death, faces release next spring. The Old Order Amish shuns him, with 50 members petitioning for continued mental hospital care, while a New Order group asks for forgiveness and potential near-farm living arrangements.
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Campripet Spries
Edward Gingerich
Clara Gingerich
New Order Amish
Gingerich
Edward
Andrew Troyer
New Order
Jacob Amman
Pennsylvania
States
Canada
Katie Gingerich
U.S
Pittsburgh
Rockdale Township
Old Order
Rudy Shetler
Douglas Ferguson
Crnford County
Ferguson
Troyer
Cambridge Springs
Bul Miller
Mercer
Hildren
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