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“Nobody in the world could reproach us for occupying ourselves with trifles by gathering together ministers and discussing some cats,” said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during his speech at the International Tiger Forum in St. Petersburg last week.
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Why Georgina Bloomberg Stays Out of Politics, and Fabiola Beracasa and Moby’s Best Dog Stories, at the Humane Society …
The Humane Society is not a hypocritical organization — and so the cuisine served at its benefit gala Wednesday night was, fittingly, vegan. (Munching on seitan chops, The Observer barely missed the meat and cream.) The event packed 525 animal lovers, including Topper Mortimer , Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia , Hunt Slonem , Sharon Bush , and co-chairs Amanda Hearst and Anne Hearst McInerney …
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True stories invented: Tao Lin keeps it real, and unreal
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Tao Lin’s new novel is based on a true story, his own. “It just started out of my life, what was happening to me,” the 27-year-old author says of “Richard Yates,” a novel about a young New York writer and the New Jersey teen he meets online.
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