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...President's official entertainments set off an international incident. In 1803, when the new British ambassador, Anthony Merry, and his wife Elizabeth arrived for their first official dinner, Jefferson, no friend of the Crown, determined to insult them. He not only invited their French counterparts, though the two countries were at war, but also escorted Dolley Madison, rather than Mrs. Merry, to the dinner table. The ambassador's personal secretary claimed that the affront caused the War of 1812. Though that's a stretch, "the Merry Affair" certainly contributed to the continued bad blood between the young...
...mother a car loan and a credit card. Beverley DeJulio, a divorced Chicago mother who hosts Handy Ma'am, a weekly home-improvement show on pbs, says she dreaded the hardware store for years, because salespeople kept asking, "Where's your husband?" And the Stone Age year when Anne Elizabeth, a Chicago artist, then 35, had to fight to not be listed as spinster on the mortgage application for her lakeside home...
...With reporting by Tammerlin Drummond/New York, Elizabeth Kaufman/Nashville, Anne Moffett/Washington, Jacqueline Savaiano/Los Angeles and Maggie Sieger/Chicago
...peculiarly Mancunian. Although many of the 10 major acts premiering will later tour Paris, New York, Berlin and Tokyo, local organizers are keen to stress that Manchester is a natural heir to these more established cultural loci. "We are trying to draw on Manchester's inherent creativity," said Elizabeth Dawson, a public relations manager. "It's a city of firsts...
...Meanwhile, former North Carolina Senator John Edwards is believed to be struggling for funds. His wife Elizabeth made a highly publicized attack on conservative commentator Ann Coulter this week, which the campaign instantly turned into a fundraising appeal. Having raised $14 million in the first quarter, Edwards has set a $9 million goal for the second-a sign, under the widely accepted rules of the expectations game, that his take will be at least that high. Edwards campaign officials say that total, while lagging Clinton and Obama, will keep the candidate on track to raising $40 million by the Iowa...