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The Big Bang Theory and her Priceline pitchman persona in favor of something a little more daring and fun. She stars in this miniseries as Cassie, a hard-partying flight attendant who jumps into a one-night stand in Bangkok with a hunk (Michiel Huisman) and wakes up next to his freshly murdered corpse. What follows is a dark comedy that doubles as a murder mystery as Cuoco s character tries to piece together what happened, evade authorities, and find the murderer. And even though you ll bang your head over Cassie s decisions and inability to play it cool at all, the slick show is too fun to stop watching.
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In 1993, the New York City Fire Department issued a curious order, namely that no pictures could be taken of Brenda Berkman, a 15-year veteran of the force, on or off duty, inside or outside a firehouse. This proved to be one last gasp in the protest against women in what had been an all-male preserve for the department’s 117-year history.
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Dec. 11, 2020
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We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
Becky Cooper
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When Becky Cooper was a junior at Harvard, her friend s boyfriend told her a story about the murder of a graduate student in the university s archaeology department. This was in the 1960s, he said. The victim had been having an affair with one of her professors - a romance that began while they were on a dig together in Iran. When he tried to end the relationship, she wouldn t let it go. So he murdered her, then hid her body under his coat and carried her to his office. There, he adorned her naked body in the necklaces they d unearthed on the dig. He covered her in red ocher - a powdered pigment found in ancient burial sites. Harvard covered it up, and the killer went free.