Corrections.In our story about Fidel Castro's love affair with Hollywood ("Castro's Casting Couch The casting couch is a euphemism for a sociological phenomenon that involves the trading of sexual favors by an aspirant, apprentice employee, or subordinate to a superior, in return for entry into an occupation, or for other career advancement within an organization. ," April), we reprinted a quote from Steven Spielberg--characterizing an evening with Castro as "the most important eight hours of my life"--that originated in the Cuban press and was later picked up by several media outlets, including Agence France-Press and the National Review. It appears that the quote may have been fabricated fab·ri·cate tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: , and Spielberg denies that he said it. We apologize for including it without attribution. Additionally, in April's "Tilting At Windmills" column, Charles Peters incorrectly cited Susan Antilla's Tales From the Boom-Boom Room as the source for the quote "I got some of my best information through pillow talk," attributed to broker Nikki Haskell. In fact, the quote comes from an interview conducted by The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times' Timothy O'Brien Professor Timothy O'Brien, MD PhD is Director of The Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI). The Institute was established in collaboration with National University of Ireland, Galway as a Centre for Science, Engineering & Technology (CSET) and has been supported with funding of . We regret the errors. |
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