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When Monica Lewinsky worked in the White House, she had nicknames. One was Elvira, after TV's vampy Mistress of the Dark--a snickering reference to Lewinsky's long and big black hair, her fondness for tight, chest-hugging outfits and her coquettish demeanor. Another sobriquet was the Stalker, inspired by her steadfast rush toward the presidential helicopter whenever its whirr announced a landing. She was a child of Beverly Hills privilege--and the product of a bitterly broken home. She delighted in soap operas and glitter; yet she gravitated toward the political hotbed of Washington...
...several weeks, it is up to Wright to determine just how much of Clinton's and Jones' pasts can be dredged up before a jury. The stakes are high for both sides: the worst-case scenario has the President facing a parade of the blond and the jilted, former mistresses spoiling for payback (or worse, mistress wannabes yearning for attention or a book deal). So lawyers for both sides have been taking depositions from people who claim to have had sexual relations with Clinton, including Gennifer Flowers. At the deposition, Jones' lawyers were also in a position to ask questions...
...golden years, at a dinner party for the Duchess of Devonshire, Ethel Kennedy slipped in a worldly addendum to the grace she said before the meal. "And please, dear God, make Bobby buy me a bigger dining-room table." It was an understandable plea from the mistress of Hickory Hill, the Robert Kennedy family's child-beswarmed antebellum homestead in McLean, Va. After Bobby's death, Ethel was left to raise a brood of 11. Today the nine surviving R.F.K. offspring form the largest single clan among the Kennedy third generation...
What follows, as is proper with such a tale, is as traditional as Kabuki drama. There are arrogant Spaniards who need shooting and a 20-year-old American beauty named Amelia, a professional mistress, who needs career counseling. But Theodore Roosevelt, it should be said, does not make an appearance--a sign of restraint that justifies the author's high reputation...
...mistress supports ex-wife's bid for divorce...