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Indeed, Stuart's frank and biting insight andits manifestation in her writing is what savesMy First Cousin Once Removed from the fateof countless similar books before it--that ofeither just another whiny pseudo-Freudian accountof a life ruined by wealth or some tangentialbiography of a prominent man of letters. Stuarthas come to terms with a conflict that allfamilies face regardless of whether their addressis on Beacon Hill, Fifth Avenue or Skid Row: it'sfamily, after all. Both Robert Lowell and SarahPayne Stuart's stories of growing up run parallelin that both writers hold the vacuous andhypocritical snobbery of the family...

Author: By Ankur N. Ghosh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bizarre Brahmins Lives Revealed: Cousin Tells All | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...just two tense days ofWhitewater hearings,House Banking Committee Chairman Jim Leach has aggressively challenged theWhite House accountof President and Mrs. Clinton's passive role in the land development scheme. As one Democratic panel member after another angrily protested the proceedings today, three federal regulators charged that top government officials repeatedly thwarted their attempts to investigate the failed savings and loan owned by the Clintons' Whitewater business partner. Resolution Trust Corp. investigator Jean Lewis said she believed "there was a concerted effort to obstruct, hamper and manipulate the results of our investigation."TIME's Suneel Ratannotes that despite "the televised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHITEWATER COMING TO A BOIL | 8/8/1995 | See Source »

Koestner gave an emotional and detailed accountof the rape, which took place in her dorm room themorning after an expensive dinner at a localFrench restaurant...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs, | Title: Date Rape Victim Shares Experience | 3/8/1995 | See Source »

...article describes Nathan's official accountof his week as hypocritical and full of mistake.It points out destinations gone unvisited,contrasts the luxury hotel Nathan stayed in thefirst night to "cushion his arrival" with thehotel he recommended for users of the guide, anddescribes how, due to exhaustion, he stayed at theplush residence of the parents of Let's GoAssociate Editor Alp Aker '95, who designedNathan's itinerary...

Author: By Maggie Pisacane, | Title: Rolling Stone Criticizes Let's Go | 3/4/1995 | See Source »

...think a disciplinary body would take accountof the extreme pressure on the lawyers handlingthe Demjanjuk case," Hazard said. "I don't think Iwould file a grievance if I were the Demjanjukpeople. You're already vindicated. It would begratuitous...

Author: By Joe Mathews, | Title: Federal Discipline Unlikely for Ryan | 12/1/1993 | See Source »

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