8 Time Sept. 2–9, 2019
For the Record‘I don’t think it was very good for me.’GEORGE R.R. MARTIN,
author, on how HBO’s hit Game of Thrones added pressure to finish the series of books on which the show was based‘I am her free bird.So why wouldI come backand be caged?’RASHIDA TLAIB,
U.S. Congresswoman, at an Aug. 19 press
conference, after Israel denied entry to
her and Representative Ilhan Omar; Tlaib
refused an offer to be allowed to visit
her grandmother in the West Bank if she
agreed not to promote boycotts of Israel‘I amsorry forharmI havecaused.’ELIZABETH WARREN,
U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate, at an Aug. 19 forum on
American Indian issues in Sioux City, Iowa, six months after her controversial
announcement that she’d taken a DNA test to prove her Cherokee ancestry‘I feel a
profound sense
of obligation
to protect
Harry and his
family from the
unnecessary
press intrusion
that contributed
to Diana’s
untimely death.’
ELTON JOHN,
musician and friend of
Princess Diana’s, reacting
Aug. 19 to negative coverage
of Prince Harry and Meghan
Markle’s flying on his private
jet to his house in Nice, France‘GREENLAND IS
NOT FOR SALE.’
KIM KIELSEN,
Premier of Greenland, responding to reports that U.S. President Donald Trump is interested
in buying the island—a semiautonomous Danish territory—for its strategic value; Trump announced
Aug. 20 he was canceling a planned visit to Denmark because the idea had been rebuffed30 ¢
Cost of a gallon of gas at a
Santa Monica, Calif., station
on Aug. 15; the ’50s-era
pricing, a promotional stunt
for Amazon’s The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel, was nixed
by authorities when it
caused traffic jamsHolmes
It was revealed
actors Katie Holmes
and Jamie Foxx
broke up after six
years of datingWatson
Ottawa Mayor
Jim Watson comes
out as gay in an
Aug. 17 op-edGOOD WEEK
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Pounds of sand a French couple
tried to take home from Sardinia as
a souvenir; the sand is protected
by law, and the tourists could face
up to six years in jail for its theft