Word: khrishna
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Advise and Consent, by Allen Drury. New York Timesman Drury's novel about politicking in Washington is sometimes as heavy as a Times thinkpiece, but it provides a dandy guessing game: Taft, Khrishna Menon and Truman are recognizable, but who, for instance, is the high-positioned skirt-chaser...
Behind Closed Doors. Some of the personality clues are teasers. Any Capitol reporter knows that North Dakota's Senator William Langer chews cigars in their cellophane wrappers, but who is meant by the honorable gentleman who has love affairs all over Washington? The Indian Ambassador, Khrishna Khaleel, is obviously a scathing caricature of India's Khrishna Menon, but who are the models for 1) the liberal Supreme Court judge who cannot stay out of politics; 2) the tireless adviser to everybody; 3) the meddlesome cardinal...
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