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...government and academic circles. Kearn's announcement prompted a suit from Basic Books alleging breach of contract, a caustic editorial in The Wall Street Journal, and the revelation that the manuscript she submitted to the Gov department had already been edited, for about $8000, by fiction writer Michael Rothschild...
...Singhe, which is reputedly one of the world's most potent. Mohs' selfless research continued during a recent weekend trip to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. There he sampled several Northeastern small-brewery beers, savoring each bouquet as if it were a Château Mouton-Rothschild. Unfortunately, as his story relates, many of these regional beers could soon disappear. "And that," Mohs warns, "gives one a certain sense of urgency about drinking them while...
...Overseers to be announced this morning are: Brent M. Abel '37, William T. Coleman, John C. Culver '54, Colman M. Mockler Jr. '52 and Walter N. Rothschild...
...press has been calling Rothschild lately because he performed about 20 days worth of expensive and intensive editing over the last year and a half for Doris H. Kearns, who for five years has been writing a book about President Lyndon B. Johnson Kearns's editor at Basic Books publishing house in New York. Erwin A. Glikes, never knew about Rothschild until recently , when Kearns suddenly broke off her contract with Basic--which included a $24,000 advance--and signed for a much more Jucrative advance at Simon & Schuster. He has since sued Kearns for breach-of-contract and Kearns...
...reasons this has been such a good story is that, like Rothschild, the main characters in the publishing scandal are very earnest and personable people--florid and loquacious reminders that the academic specimens around here who wear ties and sit behind desks, or infest libraries, or say 'No Comment' just don't make for exciting copy. Kearns is emotional and plaintive, Goodwin is garrulous and familiar, and Glikes is intense and a little self-righteous. They all call me Phil, they all love to go off-the-record and whine about the other characters in this story, no matter...