Michael Crichton (born 1942) is best known as a novelist of popular fiction whose stories explore the confrontation between traditional social and moral values and the demands of the new technological...
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Michael Crichton has had a number of successful careers--physician, teacher, film director, screenwriter--but he is perhaps best known for pioneering the "techno-thriller" with novels such as The Andr...
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Michael Crichton has been called a "megastar" who has made a resounding impression on the literary world. Critics applaud him as a writer who is entertaining to read and who can "elaborate a gripping ...
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A chronology of events in the Duke lacrosse case:March 13, 2006 _ Duke University lacrosse players throw a party at an off-campus house, hiring two strippers.March 14 _ One of the dancers tells Dur...
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Here is a chronology of events since Paris Hilton's arrest last year.Sept. 7: Officers arrest Paris Hilton in Hollywood for investigation of driving under the influence after she was spotted "drivi...
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Some significant dates in the Washington career of Alberto R. Gonzales, the nation's 80th U.S. attorney general who announced his resignation Monday.January 2001: Named President Bush's White House...
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A timeline of events leading up to the conviction of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby on charges stemming from the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name._Jan. 28: President Bus...
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Major developments in Sri Lanka's conflict._ 1975: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam group forms. The group demands a separate state for minority ethnic Tamils in the island's north and east._ 1983:...
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The conviction of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby followed 10 days of jury deliberations on charges stemming from the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name. The jurors focused...
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Palestinians will
not pursue peace talks with Israel without an agreed timeline
for reaching a deal on statehood, chief Palestinian negotiator
Ahmed Qurie s...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - A US judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial in
the murder trial of Phil Spector, exonerating the celebrated music
producer of the 2003 murder of B-movie ...
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A timeline of notable occurrences on Baghdad's Haifa Street:_Jan. 9, 2007: U.S. and Iraqi soldiers, backed by American warplanes, battle suspected insurgents for hours, and Iraq says 50 militants a...
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