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Alicia, who does not inquire too deeply into how her husband Roberto (the excellent Héctor Alterio) happens to be doing so well in business, finds herself compelled to look more carefully into her child's background. Frustration with the utter lack of documentation--obviously it was in the state's interest not to keep records--leads to obsession. And obsession leads to a belated political awakening, including a recognition that she would not have this child were Roberto not so involved with an evil regime. It also brings her, at last, into contact with a woman who is probably...
...modern-style mission in Geneva. In keeping with the Kremlin's temperance campaign, the customary vodka toasts were dispensed with, and the guests sipped white and red wines from Soviet Georgia. Gorbachev and his wife Raisa recounted how they had met at Moscow University, and she lamented that her husband's new job gave her little time to pursue her academic career. The Reagans extolled the charms of California, and Gorbachev boasted about his grandchild, whom he professed to spoil...
...that, Morris was a somewhat reluctant recruit for the job. State Department Chief of Protocol Selwa Roosevelt gave the Reagans Morris' book on her husband's grandfather, the start of a planned three-volume work. The Reagans enjoyed the book, and in 1983 close aides like Michael Deaver began an ultimately successful two-year courtship of the author. Morris will not write his book until Reagan leaves office, but his agent is already angling for a publisher. The price rumored for the Reagan chronicle: more than $2 million. INDIANS A Mankiller Takes Over...
...when she took over in 1963. Like Graham, women who headed major firms in the past were usually the wives or daughters of the owners. Christie Hefner runs Playboy Enterprises, the company started by her father. Moya Lear became chairman of LearAvia, a maker of corporate jets, after her husband William died...
Married at the end of her sophomore year at Marshall University in Huntington, W. Va., Gibson worked in various cities while her husband James was building his career in sales. In 1971 she saw her first Limited store in a shopping mall in Columbus. Intrigued by its high-style, affordable fashion approach, she got in touch with Wexner. Says he: "No one had ever called me to talk about my business. She became my assistant with no title and little...