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...survival. Madeleine, who as a child spent two lonely years in Belgrade when he was ambassador there, developed an instinctive antipathy toward thugs. As TIME's Ann Blackman explains in her Albright biography, Seasons of Her Life (Scribner), she mirrors him: she has a deep reservoir of intelligence and wit, but sometimes seems to wear blinders to protect her from things that clash with her self-image. For example, for years she almost willfully hid from herself, as her father had hidden from her, evidence that her family was Jewish and that many perished in the Holocaust...
...nearly every page on its own is alive with wit and observation and sparks of inspired nastiness, it's thrilling to pick it back up, for exquisite set pieces on the man who introduced "female butt cleavage" to network TV, on the four meanings (three of them ironic) of the term "your friend," on corporate travel (flying business class is "a protection racket--you pay extra, or you just might get roughed up in coach...
With his signature knickers and quick wit, the "Squire" played everyone from Harry Vardon to Bobby Jones to Nicklaus...
Rushdie's affable personality and rapier wit had the audience breaking up with laughter throughout the evening...
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