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Thankfully, Greer spares us a one-dimensional portrait of a strong, self-sufficient woman: she exposes Anne's vulnerabilities, too. She accepts that on some level Anne yearned for her husband and feared his infidelity. Anne knew, says Greer, that London streets "were full of whores, from the sleaziest to the most glamorous," and that prostitutes might ensnare him as he passed through their red-light districts. People returning from London carried gossip that William was free with his favors, and a homosexual. The publication of Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare's decidedly erotic poem and his biggest claim to fame...
...John Edwards always knew Clinton was going to be formidable, but he didn't bank on Obama. Edwards' plan was to run a transformational campaign on Hillary's left flank, but then a fresher transformational change agent set up shop alongside him. Obama's message is more cerebral and less specific than Edwards'-it sounds a lot like Bill Bradley's in 2000-and Edwards believes that Obama will fade, as Bradley did, giving him a clean shot at Clinton. So far, Obama isn't cooperating, and Clinton is trying to triangulate her differences with Edwards and Obama by being...
Back in 2000 Clinton actually used a "Letterman"appearance to announce her candidacy for the U.S. Senate. "I knew that if I were going to run for the Senate, I had to come and sit in "this" chair, and talk to "the" big guy," she said...
...Western musician definitely not invited is Sir Bob Geldof. Partly this is a matter of musical preference. "We never really knew who this guy was anyway," says Sammy, a journalist for the Sub Saharan weekly newspaper as he sips Arabica in one of Addis' smart streetside caf?s. "We never knew any of his tunes. And then suddenly he was here to save...
...Meanwhile, Vang Pao and several co-defendants claim, through their lawyers, that the CIA knew all about their recent attempt to send American weapons to Hmong guerrillas in Laos. They allege they had no idea their plot contravened the U.S. Neutrality Act, which criminalizes any action taken on domestic soil against a foreign government with which Washington is at peace...