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Atlantic, The, October, 2007 by Matthew Quirk
October 1
Thomas Speaks Up
For a $1.5 million advance, Clarence Thomas, the most tight-lipped of Supreme Court justices (he spoke not a word in oral arguments from late February 2006 to May 2007), spills in a memoir due out today. Thomas will likely recuse himself from issues involving his publisher’s parent company, News Corporation, and has indicated he’ll restrict interviews to sympathetic venues like Fox News.
October 8
Bad Medicine?
Pfizer today seeks dismissal of a lawsuit in Nigeria that has fueled African fears of Western medicine. The pharmaceutical company has denied allegations that two antibiotics used to treat Nigerian children in the 1990s were the cause of 11 deaths and 189 cases of brain damage, paralysis, or other injury.
October 15
Fox and Bonds
After conquering the tabloids, the networks, and cable news, Rupert Murdoch is turning to finance. Today, he’ll launch ...