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...were aware of Kennedy's fascination with women, but when sex surfaced, it seemed more naughty than sinister. One holiday night in Palm Beach he put in a midnight call to a journalist, urged him to rush down to Worth Avenue the next day and do an article on an unknown fashion designer named Lilly Pulitzer, who had come up with a colorful gown for casual wear. "They're tearing them off the rack, they tell me," said Kennedy. "Off the women...
...then, one night last week, I decided to give the Calypso Reef one more shot. I don't know what I did differently, but suddenly, a whole oceanic scene appeared. Dolphins were jumping out of the water. Palm trees were silouhetted against a gorgeous sunset. It was beautiful. And admittedly, it was sooo cool...
Hillary Rodham Clinton's brother Hugh, a Miami public defender, has never run for public office, but he may run for the U.S. Senate in 1994. After consulting Hillary, who was addressing the Florida Democrats' convention, Rodham assured state party officials that he had his sister's support. Palm Beach County Democratic leader Ted Brabham (who co-chaired the state's Clinton for President effort in 1992) then pledged $3,000 for a poll to test Hugh's appeal. Another Florida politico advised Hugh that he must prove his independence by differing with his sister about something. Hugh bravely chose...
...clear that the region was being visited by another of its many afflictions, this one nearly biblical in scope. Within two days, 100 fires raged through the state, 13 of them major. Flames shot 70 ft. in the air and made 50-ft. leaps across canyons and roads. Palm trees exploded; $1 million homes seemed to combust spontaneously. At the beach, black smoke hung over the surf, and in downtown Los Angeles a steady "snow" of flake-size ash fell. Elsewhere the embers glowed red and started new blazes. In many areas, day became night as soot obscured...
Call me weak, but I felt that if Mrs. Gina read my palm, then all my problems would be solved. The paper I had to write would be indefinitely extended, our toilet would be unclogged, and the crowd of unfamiliar men and women on my floor visiting for Head of the Charles would mysteriously disappear...