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Read this book not for its epic retelling of his long descent into dementia or its ax-grinding with the singer's fourth wife, Barbara Marx, but for its thoughtful, sometimes moving recollections of growing up as Beverly Hills-Palm Springs royalty with an intermittently available father whose flaws cast very long shadows. Though there's little about music here, another of Ms. Sinatra's observations puts Frank's shortcomings into proper perspective: "Had he been a healthier, less tortured man, he might have been Perry Como." Of course you can't balance a childhood against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Daddy's Girl | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...Read this book not for its epic retelling of his long descent into dementia or its ax-grinding with the singer's fourth wife, Barbara Marx, but for its thoughtful, sometimes moving recollections of growing up as Beverly Hills-Palm Springs royalty with an intermittently available father whose flaws cast very long shadows. Though there's little about music here, another of Tina's observations puts Frank's shortcomings into proper perspective: "Had he been a healthier, less tortured man, he might have been Perry Como." Of course you can't balance a childhood against, say, "All the Way," except...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Daddy's Girl | 11/1/2000 | See Source »

LOCATION Fall River, Mass. WHAT'S ON DISPLAY Replica of sofa where Andrew Borden was axed to death IN THE GIFT SHOP Ax keychains, copies of witness statements, mugs and magnets

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where The Mugs Are | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...Brien and sidekick Andy Richter braced themselves for the ax to fall...

Author: By David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Poonster Gets the Last Laugh | 6/7/2000 | See Source »

...which the politically connected had been able to receive economically unjustified loans; the cleansing of the banking system has been given partial credit for the recent resurgence of growth in countries like South Korea. Additional casualties of such restrictions, however, were the social spending that fell under the budget ax and the societal cohesion disrupted by economic restructuring and turmoil...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Protests in Washington | 4/20/2000 | See Source »

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