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...Connor's literary roots owed much to small-town gossip. His father was a laborer who measured his days in pints. But the future writer had a strong mother figure in Minnie O'Donovan. She put bread on the table by working as a domestic, and acquired a taste for the classics by reading her employers' books. Minnie passed the love of Shakespeare and poetry on to her son. He later returned the love by publishing under her maiden name...
...many courts is the long and sometimes pointless interrogations known as voir dire. Scene: a maple-paneled room in Manhattan Supreme Court. At issue: a small drug sale. "Are you living with anybody?" the defense lawyer asks a middle-aged widow. The woman looks uncomfortable. "We're not gossip columnists," the judge intervenes. "We only want to ask questions that determine if you are a fair and impartial juror. Many people nowadays live together." The woman says she lives alone. The questioning continues...
...York Daily News (founded in 1919) and currently being carried to its irrational extreme by the New York Post under Rupert Murdoch, was modeled on Fleet Street's screaming dailies. The main features: short, punchy stories, heavy illustration, emphasis on sex, crime and gossip, and a smaller size for the harried, hurried commuter...
...known for investigative reporting: last week it broke the Cardinal Cody story. Two recent entries indicate there may be life in the old format yet. In Philadelphia, the Journal (circ. 109,622), founded in 1977, is gaining a foothold with a sprightly mix of sports and gossip. Near by, the 106-year-old Delaware County Times converted itself last June 15 from a 25? afternoon broadsheet (circ. 39,000) to a 10? morning tabloid. In just ten weeks, circulation has risen to 49,000 and advertising linage has increased an estimated 10? over last year...
...worst thing you can say about someone-it means a glorified accountant-it does suggest a certain largesse of contempt that is missing from modern life. A government official is fired from a high post and he cites "personal differences" with his superior. An actress is savaged in a gossip column, and she "resents" it. Mighty civilized behavior. To be sure, these people do not mean a tepid word they say. Deep in their smoking hearts what they yearn to shout is that the former boss and the gossip columnist are the putrescence of the earth, that they have...