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...came in for a great deal of vitriol. But Hughes Rudd, commenting on CBS News' 60 Minutes, defended him. "The question of his being a Greek had nothing to do with it at all, of course: Prince Philip is actually of Greek descent, but as London cabbies are fond of saying, 'He's not one of your restaurant Greeks.' Well, neither is Mr. Onassis one of your restaurant Greeks. He's one of your shipping-millionaire Greeks, and he sounds a lot more fun than Prince Philip." In Paris, Liz Taylor agreed. "Have you ever...
GEORGE ELIOT, by Gordon Haight. This fond, scholarly biography finally does justice to a Victorian lady novelist whose life and works both deserve...
...fond if not indulgent critic, though, Hofstadter praises the vitality of his progressives and probes their private lives and times. In surprisingly effective thumbnail sketches, Turner appears as a generous teacher and enthusiast who would never have survived in the publish-or-perish world of today's scholar. During his lifetime he signed contracts to write at least nine books which he never finished, though he left 34 file cases of notes...
...fond of fame, devoted...
Thanks to the millions of dollars he invested there, Tucson, Ariz., was most fond of Joseph Bonanno. Joe, in turn, was crazy about Tucson. A resident since 1943, he once declared: "Tucson is my town, a beautiful and wonderful community." Lately, however, the relationship has gone bad-with a bang...