Word: bookings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Loos' most famous work is the novel, Gentleman Prefer Blondes, which she thought might amuse her friend H.L. Mencken. The fame of that book and the subsequent play made Loos wealthy and famous (she had nothing to do with the Marilyn Monroe version most of us are familar with, though she admired Monroe's performance) but it occasionally overshadows the truly impressive scope of Loos' achievement...
Carey attempts to prove that though Loos associated with the excesses and inanities of Hollywood life, she clung to a reserved, almost conventional outlook. Carey's book is thorough, almost painstakingly so. He does not fall into the trap of treating his subject with simpering adoration, a common pitfall of Hollywood biographies. But Carey's impassive storytelling is dry, relying too often on Loos' detailed diary to the exclusion of analysis. Do we really need to know that, "That afternoon, while Gladys was still in Teaneck, she prepared a lunch of toast and Lipton's chicken noodle soup and started...
...behind the screen and as actresses were impressive and important. Carey's thorough, fact-filled account of Loos' career is a useful overview of one woman's career. But it lacks depth or an ability to evaluate the significance of a woman's contribution to a male industry. A book that treats these issues with thoughtful analysis and a broader perspective has yet to be written. Carey's account is but a useful chronicle for that future historian...
...politicos are meeting to produce a definitive book on the election past, student organizers of the meeting said late last night. Many of the campaign officials will be having lunch in house dining halls today, the organizers said. Staff members for the failed campaigns of Sen. Jospeh Biden (D-Del.) and former Sen. Gary Hart (D-Col.) will not be participating, the organizers said...
...book [on federalism] should appeal to the new breed of Democrats and liberal Republicans. I'm a liberal Republican basically. I hope that the Bush administration will be responsive...