Word: streisand
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Every year a veritable horde of prominent individuals from a wide range of backgrounds are asked to speak at Harvard University. Few have received as much attention as Barbra Streisand did when she took the podium at the Kennedy School of Government on February...
...great extent to which Harvard has already been afflicted by celebrity worship was made painfully clear during the days and hours leading up to the fabled event. During that time period Ms. Streisand's impending arrival managed to generate a degree of interest and excitement far disproportionate to her stature as an individual. The 700 people lucky enough to get tickets crowded into the auditorium at the Kennedy School of Government to hear her speak. The less fortunate were reduced to watching the speech on television in the Science Center...
Rarely has a speaker received this degree of attention. Other, more distinguished speakers, like Secretary of State Warren Christopher, haven't even come close to achieving the degree of interest that Ms. Streisand elicited in her visit to Harvard...
...Streisand has been briefed on health care, had dinner with Attorney General Janet Reno and got to use the phone to return calls from the President's study next to the Oval Office. But it's hard to take someone seriously when she can belt out Memory from Cats. Someone has to answer for all that liberal silliness--Jessica Lange testifying on farm policy after starring in Country or Meryl Streep testifying that traces of the pesticide Alar could be harmful to apple juice-swilling children. Her wealth, high visibility and long fingernails make her a much more attractive target...
...President's character--namely Paula Jones' pending sexual- harassment lawsuit and the federal investigation into Whitewater--words in a book can barely hurt him. Last week trustees of Clinton's legal-defense fund released a list of donors for its first six months of operation. Celebrities such as Barbra Streisand and Garrison Keillor each put up the maximum $1,000 contribution. So far, 5,865 people have donated $608,000, still short of Clinton's estimated legal expenses of as much as $2 million...