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A factual sentence about mummies conveys more than one meaning
In Harper’s December 2022 Findings: Violent deaths were more common than previously thought among South American mummies. This is a well-written sentence. Harper’s specializes in immaculately factual prose. But when I first read it, my instant reaction was to recall … Continue reading
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Tagged Brendon Fraser, CSI, Harper's, South American mummies, The Whale
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Pity this was not an episode of “CSI”
Forensic scientists described the case of a woman who appeared to be the victim of sexual homicide but was instead found to have taken off all her clothes and run around in a forest until she was bitten by insects … Continue reading
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Tagged CSI, forensic science, Harper's Magazine, sexual homicide
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