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December 04, 2008

Flashbacks: Boston chess champ squares off against a computer, the painful musical pairing of Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, and the squabble over the Boston Tea Party Bicentennial festivities
By Ian Sands

CRUEL TO BE KIND
5 years ago
December 5, 2003 | Rebecca Paley profiled Dr. William Rashbaum, a long-time practicing, prominent second-trimester abortion provider.
“Husbands or boyfriends have been known to barge into his office and violently insist their baby not be aborted, to which Rashbaum replies with an equally violent, ‘Fuck you, Charlie, we can abort her.

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November 14, 2008

Flashbacks: Poking fun at the Globe’s tone deaf corrections, on the campaign trail with Mel King, and the Frisbee as a weapon of war?
By Ian Sands

TONE DEAF
5 years ago
November 14, 2003 | Chris Wright thought it strange that the Globe delivered trivial corrections in the same tone as it did significant ones.
“There have been many wonderful corrections in the Globe over the years. ‘Because of an editing error, a photo accompanying a story on admitted arsonist Francis K.

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November 07, 2008

Horrifyingly terrible idea of the day: US remake of Oldboy
By Ryan Stewart

Off the top of my head, I'd say that Korea's Oldboy is probably one of the best films of this decade. For those who haven't seen it yet, it centers around a man incarcerated in his apartment for fifteen years, by an unknown tormentor, for reasons that are unclear to him, and his search for vengeance and answers upon his release.

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Flashbacks: Boston chess champ squares off against a computer, the painful musical pairing of Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, and the squabble over the Boston Tea Party Bicentennial festivities
Published 12/4/2008 by Ian Sands
CRUEL TO BE KIND5 years agoDecember 5, 2003 | Rebecca Paley profiled Dr. William Rashbaum, a long-time practicing, prominent second-trimester abortion provider.“Husbands or boyfriends have...

Boston Phoenix
Flashbacks: Poking fun at the Globe’s tone deaf corrections, on the campaign trail with Mel King, and the Frisbee as a weapon of war?
Published 11/14/2008 by Ian Sands
TONE DEAF5 years agoNovember 14, 2003 | Chris Wright thought it strange that the Globe delivered trivial corrections in the same tone as it did significant...

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