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...daughter of Nancy D. Reagan. The narrator is one Carla Lawton, who grows up in California with few friends and one opponent: her mother. Rachel Lawton lies compulsively and attempts to control every aspect of her child's life. She makes toilet training a battleground, then becomes an increasingly jealous and violent competitor as Carla matures sexually. Democrats eager for political revelations will be disappointed. Throughout the misadventures, Daddy, a bicoastal businessman, is malleable and remote as he floats through years of Teflon fatherhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Summer Reading | 7/1/1991 | See Source »

...killing. And the treachery. Everybody's jealous of something in "this thing." There's no security, and you're never safe. You learn how to read eyes. You gotta be a good manipulator. You gotta meet somebody; you don't even know if you're gonna come back. You get in a car; you don't known if you're gonna get a bullet in your head. The capos were always trying to trap me, thinking maybe I got more money that I wasn't kicking in. But I used to keep records and slips of paper, weeklies, monthlies, stacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Crow Turns Stool Pigeon: NICHOLAS CARAMANDI | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

...really good time in Afro-Am. Certainly I am jealous about all the new appointments, but I am not sure I would do it over," the senior says. "I had a really good sophomore and junior year...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Afro-Am On The Rebound | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

...People call me and [Ted Donato] and Pete the Fabulous Baker Boys, but Pete is the only one of us who really has a shot at winning the Hobey Baker," Vukonich said. "I'm not mad at him or jealous of him. Pete deserves it--he's played so consistent all year. I'd give him all my points so that he could win the Hobey Baker...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Vukonich: The Gentle Giant | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...went from nothing to starting, and that was hard," Hadrick says. "I was jealous. I guess it wasn't my turn...

Author: By Peter I. Rosenthal, | Title: 'O Captain, My Captain' | 2/28/1991 | See Source »

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