Word: vincents
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Still, the suicide of a public official under suspicion has become a familiar ritual in Washington of late. Among those who have chosen to end their life rather than face possible public humiliation are former deputy White House counsel Vincent Foster, who shot himself before the Whitewater investigation; John Hemperley, the chief budget officer of the Library of Congress, who came under suspicion for possible financial improprieties; and Ernie Blanchard, the Coast Guard's top press spokesman, who faced a possible court-martial because of sexually offensive jokes he told in a speech. Each victim, of course...
...people recapturing their youth," says Wasserstein, whose book is about a girl's first theater visit. Plus, they're easier than autobiographies, although the inspiration for most of them is plain. Lake's book is about a fat girl; Burton's is about a boy who pretends to be Vincent Price; and Williamson's title is Emma & Mommy Talk to God. Let's hope Keillor's book isn't too autobiographical. It's about a man who likes really smelly cheese...
...anyway, moods hardened into intransigence: Here I stand. The Gingrich freshmen vowed no compromise; liberals wrote them down as fascists. The Million Man March, otherwise admirable, provided the platform for minister Louis Farrakhan's elaborate numerological fantasies, the very arithmetic of the universe clicking in conspiracy. Whitewater and Vincent Foster's death continued to emit a low-intensity radioactive glow (a marvelously double-jointed paranoid bumper sticker said IF VINCE FOSTER HAD OWNED A GUN, HE WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY). And, of course, an elaborate police conspiracy framed O.J. Simpson for a double murder...
Cynthia R. Sena, from Long Island, N.Y., says that it has been a real struggle to keep her eighth-grade son Vincent peaceful while his sister looks at colleges...
Stewart spent months in Arkansas, Washington and California, tracking down confidential documents and firsthand participants. With the help of researchers Anne Farris and David Kirkpatrick, he has written a groundbreaking, definitive account of the Whitewater and Vincent Foster affairs...