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...This portrait of privileged classes in late 19th century Russia is especially poignant in view of the desperate plight of the Soviet Union today. When Alexander Ignatevich Vershinin (Woody Hill) tries to make sense of the Russian people's suffering by predicting a brighter future for his descendants, it becomes clear that the current generation of Soviets possess little but this same, small hope...
...turned to the Statistical Abstract. Working late nights to the relentless sounds of Frank Sinatra's "Love and Marriage," I compiled a portrait of the average American couple...
...wasn't a pretty portrait. "You're what?" wasn't looking so bad after...
...them with names attached), anecdotes and detail. To be sure, much of this is not new: Kelley mixes original quotes indiscriminately with recycled material from other books and articles, and fudges the notes at the end so the reader often cannot tell which is which. Still, much of the portrait -- Nancy's difficult relationship with her children, her obsessive attention to detail as a White House hostess -- rings true. Treated simply as a compendium of all the scraps a team of diligent researchers could gather about Nancy Reagan, it serves at least one historical function. It reveals that many, many...
...remains the greatest biography in the English language. Boswell revealed nothing particularly scandalous about his subject; it remained for later scholars to exhume hints suggesting Dr. Johnson's fondness for being tied up and whipped. But the overwhelming intimacy of the Life of Johnson -- its almost minute-by-minute portrait of a volatile genius -- sent shock waves throughout the 19th century and caused a number of noteworthy people to guard their privacy and papers with increased diligence...