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Competing as Miss Virginia and Miss Rhode Island, respectively, Redd and Gray were seeking to follow in the footsteps of outgoing Miss America Erika Harold, who plans to enroll in Harvard Law School (HLS) in fall...
...assailant, and that of a ship, a 74-gun British warship intended for use against the Emperor Bonaparte's forces (it's 1808, if you're just tuning in) that was burned in the shipyard where it was being built. Jane is enlisted to investigate by her friend Lord Harold Trowbridge, who is both a highly placed government official and a sexy scoundrel of the first water...
...detective, namely, her quick wit and her psychological acuity. Barron's cause is also aided by her deft marshaling of historical detail--the textiles alone (Sprigged muslin! Bombazine!) are worth the price of admission--and, of course, a dash of genuine erotic friction between Jane and the roguish Lord Harold. Barron is scrupulously faithful to the historical record, so we know that Jane will never actually get married. But shouldn't we let her--and Barron and ourselves--have a little fun along...
...April.) On the job front, check out hiring firm Manpower manpower.com) whose quarterly surveys ask employers whether they're planning to expand or shrink their staff. (The June release reported the weakest quarter in 12 years.) Or you may decide that daily ignorance is bliss. Says financial adviser Harold Evensky of Coral Gables, Fla.: "Investors should stop thinking about economic news and start investing...
...Appreciation of a Good Yarn Re "Why Harry Potter Rules" [June 23]: Author J.K. Rowling has engaged millions of children (and apparently the child in millions of adults as well) to put down their joysticks and remote controls and once again read books. But ?litist snobs like Yale Professor Harold Bloom predict the Potter books will end up "in the dustbins everywhere." Bloom has obviously been ensconced in his academic ivory tower so long that he can't appreciate good, old-fashioned yarn spinning. Or is it possibly just a severe case of envy? Maybe he can't stand...