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...Olivia Hunt, 34, is a loser. She lost her job at Universal Studios after the movie she worked on--Lloyd, the Hamster--flopped at the box office. Her dream project, a film adaptation of Don Quixote, is going nowhere. Her boyfriend Michael recently bailed on her. And she just noticed a mustache hair on her upper lip. "Jimmy Stewart," she writes to a friend, "had a helluva lot more to live for when he tried to off himself in It's a Wonderful Life...
...that's before she gets the bad news: her younger sister Madeleine, who has everything to live for, has leukemia. That's the setup in Elisabeth Robinson's The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters, a novel that's likely to be the first pleasant literary surprise of 2004. Robinson wisely chooses to tell Olivia's story through her letters and e-mail, allowing her to shift with unnerving speed from hilarious satire--in letters to Robin Williams and Danny DeVito begging them to look at scripts--to devastatingly painful accounts of Madeleine's decline. Robinson does both...
...Connecticut faced a $2 billion deficit over the next fiscal year (a whopping amount considering the state budget for that period is only $13.5 billion), which put Rowland in an ugly fight with his legislature. Taking his cue from Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who dispatched his Texas Rangers to hunt for Democratic lawmakers in a redistricting battle, Rowland at one point sent out state troopers armed with subpoenas to round up Connecticut legislators slow in reaching a compromise. As it was, Connecticut was one of six states to miss its deadline for producing a budget. When one was finally enacted...
...described in detail the military's hunt for Saddam and the killing of his two sons [WORLD, Aug. 11]. I was horrified by the description of the death of Uday Hussein, which said a soldier "pumped two bullets into Uday's mouth, to ensure his death." This was sickening. I reject the cold-blooded stalking and killing of anyone, even a murderous dictator and his family. This was an extreme example of American savagery. Why weren't Uday and Qusay brought to trial? MEG REYNOLDS Chicago...
...Killing of Uday "Hot on Saddam's Trail" described in graphic detail the military's hunt for Saddam Hussein and the killing of his two sons [Aug. 11]. I was horrified by the description of the death of Uday Hussein, which said a soldier "pumped two bullets into Uday's mouth, to ensure his death." This was sickening. I reject the cold-blooded stalking and killing of any human being cornered like an animal, even a murderous dictator and his family. This was an extreme example of American savagery and violence. Why weren't Uday and Qusay brought to trial...