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DIED. BETSEY CUSHING ROOSEVELT WHITNEY, 89, grande dame of society; in Manhasset, N.Y. The middle child of the three glamorous Cushing sisters (the oldest married Vincent Astor, the youngest was the legendary society figure Babe Paley), she wrote the book on marrying money. The first wife of F.D.R.'s oldest son, James Roosevelt (when mother-in-law Eleanor was away, Betsey played White House hostess), she was the widow of tycoon John Hay ("Jock") Whitney...
Over the past year, Walker's work has been widely exhibited at influential venues, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and in New York at the Whitney Biennial. Last April at age 27, she was the youngest 1997 recipient of a MacArthur "genius" award. Walker's Harvard installation was originally presented at the Renaissance Society in Chicago, but here she takes full advantage of the Carpenter Center's lobby to surround viewers with a parade of figures under floating Spanish moss and cotton bolls...
...Bill Paxon appeared to be one of the youngest and fastest-rising politicians in Congress since Al Gore...
...scared. It's good to be scared," said Pat Lipinski. "But you can do it." After that, Tara was back in character and on the way to an upset and the fulfillment of a legend--not just the gold medal but the record as the youngest Olympic figure-skating champion ever. To do that she had to overcome a rival whose eloquence on ice had moved judges to tears. Michelle Kwan, just 17 herself, had come to Nagano for a coronation. But by finding a balance between technical perfection and blossoming artistry, a tiny confection of a girl showed...
...affect the lives, liberties and happinesses of those who have to endure the experience. Bertozzi expresses a deep-seated bitterness toward her little sister, who did not suffer the same restrictions she and her older siblings did. "I think it often happens that parents just give up with the youngest child," Bertozzi huffs. "The rest of the family would be at the dinner table, and she would be sitting in front of the TV, eating Lucky Charms! I couldn't join her, because by that time, I had too much fucking school-work." Sibling rivalry, American style...