Word: elliott
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...Simon and Schuster; 542 pages; $27.50), written by Collier with research help from Horowitz, Theodore is portrayed as the head of a dynasty. Never mind that his family and Franklin's were distant cousins connected mainly by Eleanor, who was Theodore's niece. Her father was Theodore's brother Elliott, a dandy who late in life was capable of consuming six bottles of liquor before lunch...
Reading this book, it's possible to see Elliott as the archetypical Roosevelt. During Prohibition, two of Theodore's sons, Theodore Jr. and Kermit, helped found a club called "the Room" so they could booze in private. They dabbled in politics and traveled the globe trying, with ( disastrous results, to re-enact their father's adventures. Theodore Jr. did end up as a hero of the D-day landings, but Kermit's story was tragic: his heavy drinking persisted, and he eventually killed himself. The maliciously funny Alice Roosevelt Longworth was the real original of the group...
...Franklin and Eleanor's offspring might have become first-class boors even without famous parents. Elliott wanted to be a "big man" and ended as a hard-drinking Rotarian in Arizona. Franklin Jr. drank copiously, served in Congress and was a distributor of Fiat cars. Anna Roosevelt feuded bitterly with her mother; her husband deserted her and killed himself. Collier catalogs these events in a plodding, too decorous way, but his problem is basic: with the exception of Eleanor and the two great Presidents, these Roosevelts were an uninspired group who, in the end, weren't much of a dynasty...
...second time in as many months, John Wayne Bobbitt has been arrested for domestic battery against his fiancee, former topless dancer Kristina Elliott. The couple met five months ago while Bobbitt was on tour after gaining national notoriety when his wife Lorena severed his penis. Lorena Bobbitt argued that her actions were the result of years of sexual and psychological abuse by her husband.parpar
...Elliott B. Gagnon '95 will be less violent in his preparations to defend himself. Gagnon says he will start by buying Russian-lan-guage tapes, but if worst comes to worst he will to into hiding. "Alaska is big enough, you could hide if you wanted to. Winter would be tough. I guess I would buy a lot of food," he says...