18 March 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 18 Mar 2008 Director Anthony Minghella dies at 54 of complications from surgery to treat tonsil cancer. Grief counselors are standing by for Bear bankers, considering that employees own over 30 percent of the company. Chief executives often take full responsibility, but rarely are consequences involved. China accuses the Dalai Lama of orchestrating riots as an Olympics sabotage; Dalai Lama threatens to resign if violence continues to escalate. Germany to get its first Chinatown. Print for the commute: Calvin Trillin's rickshaw piece for National Geographic. Hundreds of aging draft dodgers in Canada to help hundreds of Iraq war deserters. Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various regions (e.g., "John Doe"). The ultimate lyrics quiz: Matthew Baldwin's challenge for supposed pop-music masters. Meta what? New reality series, films, and books capture the documentation generation. Professors deny the value of literature; professors' intellectual agendas being set by teenagers. Twenty years after giving up music, David Philip of the Automatics describes what it's like to tour Japan. We're pretty sure it's just a fish that says "PHISH." The 25 best band logos. Helen DeWitt outwits Guilfoile and Warner in today's Rooster match-up. Love the ToB? Put your money where you mouth is, win prizes, and get books in kids' hands. New favorite website: Kill the cliché: tracking tropes in journalism.
