Word: affairs
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...book ahead of its Oct. 1 release, prompting immediate international coverage. Little wonder: Le Figaro did its best to help jolt public interest by hyping the enigma of whether the obvious similarities between the lovers referred to in the title and Giscard and Diana hinted at a real-life affair between the author and the British princess who died in a car crash in Paris...
...Eventually Lambertye makes his first overt move by holding Patricia's hand during a train ride back from a 1984 D-Day anniversary ceremony in Normandy. Similar expressions of hand endearment follow, before the pair open the seriously carnal chapter of their affair in a presidential château in Rambouillet - where Giscard himself used to hold hunting expeditions in the surrounding woods...
...could such an affair have actually happened? Certainly not in the way the book describes, because Giscard had been voted out of office and into semiretirement by 1981 - the same year Diana's royal marriage launched her rise to international stardom. However, press reports speculate over whether he could have been hinting at a postpresidential liaison by describing his fictional President's affair while in office - unfounded speculation fanned by Giscard's remaining tight-lipped. (See pictures of a service of thanks for Diana...
...their other seven contests.NEVINS TROPHYHarvard’s top co-ed sailors made their way to Kings Point, N.Y. over the weekend, where the group placed 12th as a team in a field of 20 at the Nevins Trophy regatta.Three divisions of racing were contested at the two-day affair, and the B-division pair of junior skipper Tedd Himler and senior crew Michelle Konstadt faired the best, finishing seventh with top-10 finishes in all 13 of its races.“We were really trying to work on two things this weekend—our starting...
...American. The Scottish-born comedian and host of The Late Late Show has only been a U.S. citizen for a year and a half, but he has belonged here all his life. His new memoir, American on Purpose details Fergson's long, tumultuous, occasionally unrequited love affair with the country he now calls home. The affable talk show host writes honestly about America, Scotland, alcoholism and love. It's all there, even the part about killer ducks. That's right, killer ducks. (See TIME's Top 10 Late Night Gags...