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Morris’ previous biography was the bestselling pseudo-memoir Dutch, the only authorized biography of Ronald Reagan. The two presidents have much in common and are still very different: both had tremendous charisma and popularity—enough to merit personal biographies as much as political ones. Both presidents, as Morris’ title suggests, secretly wished to rule their country like kings. But Roosevelt has the edge on Reagan as a thinker and scholar, and unlike Reagan (who had such the soul of a performer that Morris himself felt it appropriate to make things up in his biography...
Morris’ previous biography was the bestselling pseudo-memoir Dutch, the only authorized biography of Ronald Reagan. The two presidents have much in common and are still very different: both had tremendous charisma and popularity—enough to merit personal biographies as much as political ones. Both presidents, as Morris’ title suggests, secretly wished to rule their country like kings. But Roosevelt has the edge on Reagan as a thinker and scholar, and unlike Reagan (who had such the soul of a performer that Morris himself felt it appropriate to make things up in his biography...
...right knee. AWARDED. JONATHAN FRANZEN, 42, the prestigious National Book Award for his best-selling novel The Corrections, about the dysfunctional Lambert family in middle America; in New York City. Franzen came into the spotlight when he was disinvited to Oprah Winfrey's dinner after questioning the literary merit of her book-club endorsement. DIED. PRINCESS PREKSHYA RAJYA LAXMI DEVI SHAH, 49, of Nepal's royal family and younger sister of Queen Komal, in a helicopter crash at Rara Lake that killed four; in western Nepal. Princess Prekshya, separated from Prince Dhirendra (who was killed in the June royal family...
...Graduate School of Education (GSE) has also announced new merit scholarships funded by Presidential discretionary funds, authorized under former University President Neil L. Rudenstine...
...different sources of aid and disburses it in different ways. GSAS, for example, offers a majority of its total aid as grants, while loans make up more than three quarters of aid at the business, law and dental schools. GSAS also provides some scholarships and grants based entirely on merit, a practice which differs from other University graduate schools which look primarily at need...