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A collection of news and information related to Dorothy Parker published by Tribune Company sources.
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Devil in a pantsuit or the demonization of Hillary Clinton
When the doctor checks to see if the patient is still breathing, it's disgust, not compassion, that leaks out between his syllables: "You couldn't kill her with an ax," he sneers. That patient—the wide-hipped, unwieldy woman at the heart of Dorothy...Tags: Illnesses, Elections, Culture, Glenn Close, Ken Kesey
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Lobbying for a stay at New York's Algonquin
Tribune reporterAs I write this mash note to the Algonquin, the clubby enclave with the most storied literary history of any Manhattan hotel, the resident cat, Matilda, is lounging on one of the bell carts near the front desk. I'm sitting a few yards away, with my laptop...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Newspapers, Government Health Care, William Faulkner, Health Treatments
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Stage guide
Please submit listings by going online to metromix.com/listings. PREVIEWS AND OPENINGS—CITY 21st Annual Directors Festival: A showcase of one-act world premieres, Chicago premieres and lesser-known works by classic playwrights and authors;...Tags: Skokie, Mass Media, Ted Williams, Death and Dying, Petula Clark
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A dark mirror
"I've been in and out of bughouses, yes," Richard Yates once said, with the matter-of-fact honesty that characterizes his work. He's the bleakest yet most poignant and troubling of modern American writers. Yates was a manic-depressive, and an alcoholic,...Tags: Illnesses, Randy Newman, Conservation, Forests, George Clooney
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Comden & Green (and now add Beane)
Special to The TimesWHEN I was a young writer and wore a pencil behind my ear without a hint of irony, I swore a great many things. One was that I would never adapt anything. My ideas would spring anew from my dramatic imagination and the world would rejoice -- though...Tags: Adolph Green, Music Industry, Minority Groups, Olivia Newton-John, SoHo
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Much Ado About Something
Courant Books EditorAs a publicist for Vintage/Anchor Books, Sloane Crosley surely knows the pitfalls of raising expectations high as the roof beams. So one wonders if she winced at the pre-publication material for her own debut book, a tasty collection of personal essays...Tags: Museum of Natural History, Book, Smithfield
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The Real Tuesday Weld
Metromix StaffALBUM: "The London Book of the Dead" Backstory: Stephen Coates, the producer/songwriter behind the Real Tuesday Weld, calls his music “antique beat”—a Cole Porter pop sensibility filtered through modern electronica and the crackle and...Tags: Popular Music, Cole Porter, Music Industry, Tom Waits, Fatboy Slim
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Pursuing happiness behind the veil
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTeresa Malof knew she wasn't in Kentucky anymore when a cleric issued a fatwa against her secret Santa gift exchange. Malof proposed the idea at the King Fahad National Guard Hospital, where she has worked for more than a decade. It was supposed to be...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Vehicles, Culture, Diseases, Terrorism
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Katherine Heigl doesn't mind her 'outspoken' label
Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times"Oh, man, I'm tired," Katherine Heigl said. She laughed. It was 9 a.m. on a recent Saturday morning and Heigl was wearing a full-length red Oscar de la Renta dress. Her hair was blown out, face fully made up. The past few weeks have been very busy -- and...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Drew Barrymore, Physiology, New Canaan, Film Festivals
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A weekend in Bucks County
Bucks County's reputation as a summer getaway goes back to the 1920s, when Broadway luminaries such as Dorothy Parker, Geroge S. Kauffman and Moss Hart all bought property here to escape tghe pressures of the city. In their wake, they brought a summer...Tags: Bucks County, Moss Hart
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Aug 28, 2007
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Jan 14, 2008
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Jan 13, 2008
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Jul 30, 2007
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