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...begins more or less in 1984, when a Washington Post reporter named Elena McMahon abruptly quits covering the 1984 presidential campaign for her paper. Earlier, Elena had walked out of her marriage to Wynn Janklow, a Los Angeles megamillionaire, taking their teenage daughter Catherine with her. "She knew how to cut and run," says the narrator, who had met Elena in Los Angeles; both were regular invitees to Oscar-night parties that strongly resemble, as described here, the legendary ones thrown by the late agent Irving ("Swifty") Lazar. Didion's narrator does not dwell on this detail...
Still, Pressler is considered one of the most vulnerable Senate Republicans standing for re-election in 1996. His seat once looked shaky: a year or so ago South Dakota's G.O.P. Governor Bill Janklow considered backing a challenger to Pressler, though he now says he is happy with the Senator. Pressler's probable Democratic opponent, Congressman Tim Johnson, is making lots of noise and is practiced at pointing out Pressler's befuddled manner. During an interview on South Dakota public television in 1993, Johnson said, "I just get more and more people coming up to me, complete strangers, frankly...
...William Janklow...
...Angels Janklow Harrington, founder and editor-in-chief of Mouth 2 Mouth magazine, a new publication of Time Inc. Ms. Harrington was being asked about rumors within Time that newstand sales of the first issue were disappointing...
...Reagan, who was reportedly paid $7 million for his memoirs. For class, Simon & Schuster plucked Philip Roth away from his prestige publisher, Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Although only about 10% of Simon & Schuster's revenues come from trade publishing, that is where the glitz lies. Says top literary agent Morton Janklow: "Trade publishing is like couture in fashion. Saint Laurent loses money on couture, but that's what allows him to make millions from his perfumes." With Snyder in charge, Simon & Schuster became the flashiest couture house of them...