Word: joans
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...Joan Didion's first novel in 12 years offers early on the rather surprising assertion that it is not fictional at all. The second chapter of The Last Thing He Wanted (Knopf; 227 pages; $23) begins, "For the record this is me talking. You know me, or think you do. The not quite omniscient author." This claim that Didion, the journalist and screenwriter, is writing as herself is followed by the news that she had considered giving herself an invented identity and name, to wit "Lilianne Owen," and telling the story under this disguise. That, she adds, didn't work...
...January, Joan Irvine Smith, a California philanthropist and horsewoman who was impressed by Reeve's energy and by the fact that he never blamed his horse for the injury, donated $1 million for the establishment of the Reeve-Irvine Center for spinal-cord research at the University of California at Irvine; the state will match her million. She also established $50,000 prize for the neuroscientist who made the greatest progress in a given year. In February, Reeve did the Larry King Live show, making an explicit appeal for donations for the American Paralysis Association--another considerable success. The following...
...senior, Joan O'Sullivan, said the event was better in previous years because of its buffet-style hot lunch. This year, cold box-lunches of sandwiches, fruit, vegetables and brownies were served...
...JOAN QUIGLEY, MID-60S; SAN FRANCISCO; Astrologer Hillary Clinton is not the first First Lady to take an interest in the otherworldly. In 1988 there was the spectacle of Nancy Reagan's "friend," astrologer Joan Quigley, helping to determine the timing of political events, schedules, press conferences and speeches by the President. Mrs. Reagan had employed Quigley during the 1980 campaign and approached her again after the attempt on her husband's life. The relationship lasted seven years but broke off when Quigley could not avoid publicity. Since then she has written a book about her work with the Reagans...
...weeks ago, 34 historians sent a public letter to Joan Ridder Challinor, chair of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women and member of the board of directors of Knight Ridder, urging her to help settle the strike...