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...could not resist a request for advice. When a young student wrote him seeking some suggested reading, Jefferson picked up a regular correspondence with the youth and even personally hunted bookshops for texts for him. The student, William Munford, turned out to be a scoundrel who would spread political gossip about Jefferson. But historians consider this letter from the then Vice President to Munford to be essential Jefferson: a statement of his fundamental optimism, his faith in the possibility of progress through learning, and the clearest expression of his views on the role of learned young men in the Republic...
...glistening as ever. When I arrived, the city had just celebrated the marriage of the crown prince Felipe of Borbon to, in the term used by the Spanish press, the plebeyana—plebian—Letizia Ortiz. The happy couple’s glossy faces shone from every gossip magazine, and commemorative plates, cookies, stemware and t-shirts stood proudly in every store window. Was this just a fairytale dream to sustain the masses that, braving a late-spring rain shower, crowded the streets of Madrid on May 22 in hopes of gaining a glimpse at the future king...
Elkann, known as Jaki, was singled out as a possible successor by his grandfather, who put him on Fiat's board in 1997. So far he has deliberately kept out of the spotlight. Lapo, 27, who works in Fiat's marketing department, frequently appears in the gossip columns, not least because he's dating a TV starlet. Andrea currently works for Philip Morris. Family members say all three will play leadership roles. The question is, How successfully can the Agnellis manage the troubled empire while the youngsters are learning the ropes...
...plans to take a posse with her. Tripp and her German fiance, who run a boutique together in Virginia, are leading tours of Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. "It's a great opportunity for all my detractors to come along," jokes Tripp. Sounds fun. Just watch what you gossip about on the tour...
...April 19, Gawker.com had published an item called “Film Critics Gone Wild: Ivy League Edition,” in which the gossip site reported a rumor about an unnamed “New York City film critic” involved in an impropriety with a student at the “prestigious school” at which he had been spending a semester...