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Whenever the list of Bill Clinton's Best Friends is put together, Webb Hubbell's name is always near the top. Clinton installed his golfing buddy and confidant as Associate Attorney General in 1993; at the Justice Department he could serve as the First Family's eyes and ears. Hubbell resigned in March 1994 amid allegations that he had bilked his clients and partners out of thousands of dollars at the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he once worked with Mrs. Clinton. By August 1995, Clinton's close friend was in jail, serving 21 months for fraud...
...Near the beginning is a charming section on growing up in Hollywood--the elaborate children's parties, the famous and talented who came to her parents' dinners, the ceremonial arrival of the Farrows--nine strong--at the Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd, where the family had its own pew. In such a heady environment, it isn't surprising that Mia's godmother was gossip columnist Louella Parsons or that Charles Boyer lived next door. But celebrity seems to follow her. Her girlhood pet was the real Lassie's grandson. When she retreated to the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh...
...spent most days in September attending the Orange County proceeding. In a small courtroom closed to the press and the public, tensions ran high. Juditha Brown, Nicole's mother, and Denise Brown, Nicole's sister, also attended every day, and the proximity of the families led to a few near blowups. At one point Simpson's sister Shirley Baker began playing tic-tac-toe on a note pad during testimony. Juditha turned to the Brown family lawyer Natasha Roit and said, "And this is the woman who will be caring for the children...
...despite being welcomed into his home and collaborating with him over legal strategy, Simpson's attorneys often seemed awkward in his presence, and their collective demeanor in the courthouse bordered on stilted formality. They had little chemistry with Simpson. When Robert Baker and the rest of the team lunched near the Santa Monica courthouse, their client was rarely with them; he usually chose to eat with his sister and brother-in-law. Indeed, the trial has had wider personal repercussions for the Bakers. They have encountered social ostracism by some members of Los Angeles' well-heeled society...
America has produced grand drama in crime for decades. But only when the deceased are famous or near famous are the internal fires of fear and grief stoked. The death of Ennis Cosby is a tragedy, unquestionably, but others will die a similar death in Los Angeles, New York City and Washington. Will those deaths incite the nation to show outrage against violence? When will we realize that these victims had fathers, mothers, siblings? We have lost our ability to weep for faceless, nameless victims. They deserve our sympathy as much as celebrities do. MICHAEL TIMOTHY WATERMAN Washington...