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...candidates, they were looking elsewhere for comfort. After the Florida Supreme Court threw them a lifeline, Joe and Hadassah Lieberman arrived at the Vice President's mansion Friday night bearing wine, a salt shaker, a wineglass and a cloth that is a family heirloom. Tipper had already set out candles, and the two couples slipped away for a private moment of prayer and reflection, later celebrating the Jewish Sabbath, and savoring rebirth, for however long it lasted...
...grilling. Larry King wanted to know if voters should worry about his history of heart attacks, and gave his conservative voting record in Congress a thorough going-over. A disabled vet called in to make a crack about his lack of military service. Watching from the Texas Governor's mansion, Bush wasn't fazed. He turned to an aide and said, "Mark my words. Dick Cheney is the type of man you want around when a crisis develops...
...giving was the spirit in the Douglas household, then stealing was the name of the game in the Madonna mansion. While she was sleeping upstairs earlier this week in her London palace, thieves broke in, nabbed the keys to her Range Rover and drove off. (You get inside Madonna's house and then you steal her car? And I thought the British were revolutionary!) This is the second time in six months that Madonna's house has been burglarized. And to think, she moved to London because it was "safer...
...risks of such a move would be huge: just two years ago, Republicans took control of both houses and the Governor's mansion for the first time since Reconstruction. If the legislature picks Bush electors while votes are still being challenged, voters may take revenge in two years. And Governor Jeb Bush would have to sign the bill, playing a decisive role in the election despite his pledge to stay...
...hard years make up only a small portion of a story filled with enchanting details. There is the Long Island, N.Y., mansion he and his three brothers lived in while their father was still rich and famous, a magnet for such visitors as Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald ("I have never seen a photograph that conveyed the beauty I saw in her"). There are glittering Hollywood anecdotes featuring everyone from David O. Selznick to Robert Altman, and behind-the-scenes stories about Lardner's two screenwriting Oscars, for Woman of the Year and M*A*S*H. The only sad thing...