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...even before Nancy's books became international hits, the sisters were notorious; the "Mad, Mad Mitfords," the press loved to call them. Diana, a spectacular beauty, married an heir to the Guinness fortune but then jettisoned him to take up with Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of Britain's fascist party, which, Lovell says, made her "arguably the most hated woman in England." Just as scandalous was Unity, a close friend of Adolf Hitler's and so worshipfully devoted to him that she shot herself in the head when Britain declared war on Germany (she survived with some brain damage; Hitler...
Lovell, who is the sort of writer who refers to "hare coursing" without elucidation and uses expressions like "mad keen," is perhaps too embedded in the Mitfords' world to provide the perfect introduction for contemporary American readers. Nevertheless, books containing such choice lines as Muv's lament, "Oh, why do all my daughters fall for dictators?" are few indeed, and we must cherish every one of them...
...mad scramble for the puck ensued, during which Yale defenseman Greg Boucher gloved the puck in the crease, prompting the penalty shot...
...mad scramble ensued, and Yale defenseman Greg Boucher was forced to cover the puck in the crease with 6:45 to play in the period. Boucher’s infraction drew a whistle from referee Jack Dunn, who awarded Moore with a solo...
...Comedy Event of the Millennium,” Loomis could be (inadequately) described as a cross between Kids in the Hall and a live action South Park. The story unfolds about as logically as Alice in Wonderland, and the characters indeed would need to compete for attention at the Mad Hatter’s tea party. It’s a hilarious success...