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Liz Smith: Quentin Tarantino is answering the question 'What's new, pussycat?'
This rapacious new breed prowls alone and in packs, operating on any level. Anytime, anywhere and with anybody. Who are they? Your secretary, a doctor's receptionist or ... a go-go dancer!" This was part of the deadpan opening narration to Russ Meyer's...Tags: Paris Hilton, Quentin Tarantino, Barbra Streisand, Russ Meyer, Nicole Richie
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LOOKING BACK: Achievers
A credit was omitted in last week's issue (G19 NS 06/29/06)]Here is a sampling of Long Island high school students who won competitions, scholarships and other honors in the 2007-2008 academic year NY State School Music Association All-State Music Festival Nassau Albaum, Noa, Great Neck North HS Allen,...Tags: Walt Whitman, Intel Corp., Coca-Cola Company, Long Island, Siemens
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Dillard High valedictorian: Michelle Lynn Harvey II
VALEDICTORIAN Michelle Lynn Harvey II GPA: 4.59 College: University of Miami Major: Motion pictures, management Academic awards: NASA summer intern; college national dean's list; honor societies; Horatio Alger, UM and PTA scholarships...Tags: National Football League, Colleges and Universities, Clubs and Associations, University of Miami, NASA
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'Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature' by Leonard S. Marcus
Minders of Make-Believe
Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature
Leonard S. Marcus
Houghton Mifflin: 402 pp., $28
It seems a long way from the 1689 (or so) publication of the first American children's book, which...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Harry Potter, Fiction, Hans Christian Andersen, Literature
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Bin Laden Family Tree At Its Roots
SPECIAL TO THE COURANTThey descend from a patriarch who made a fortune in the wild years of early 20th century capitalism. Their family history is haunted by airplane crashes, illegitimate children and the great expectations of a public life. Many of them were educated at...Tags: Defense, Imperial and Royal Matters, Guerrilla Activity, Armed Forces, Terrorism
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The Senate's Philadelphia lawyer
If you had told me last Saturday that one of Sen. Larry Craig's Republican colleagues was covertly urging him to leave some wiggle room in his promise to resign, I like to think I instantly would have identified that colleague as Sen. Arlen Specter....Tags: Constitutional Issues, Government, Clarence Thomas, National Government, Philadelphia County
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Looking for the un-Gonzales
Choosing a new attorney general will be easy if President Bush follows a simple rule: Look for the opposite of Alberto R. Gonzales. Apparently Gonzales finally recognized the damage caused by his mind-boggling explanations of his role in the firings of...Tags: Government, National Government, Upper House, Hillary Clinton, Parliament
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We're all scandal-plagued attorneys general now
In an interview on Sunday's Meet the Press, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was pummeled by host Tim Russert about everything from his inconsistencies on Iraq to his professions of loyalty to both the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Perhaps the...Tags: National Government, Political Candidates, Minority Groups, Parliament, Bill Clinton
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Pearlman's money woes follow him downtown
April Huntand Erin Ailworth, Sentinel Staff WritersA series of multimillion-dollar lawsuits against boy-band entrepreneur Louis J. Pearlman has reached the front doorstep of his Trans Continental empire, once seen as the spark that could revitalize downtown Orlando's Church Street Station. But now...Tags: American Bank Incorporated, Integra Bank Corporation, Corporate Crime, Banking, Volusia County
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What drew us to Anna Nicole
Anybody who arrived from Mars and wanted to know what all the fuss was over this Anna Nicole Smith would do well to watch just one clip: her appearance at the 2004 American Music Awards. Prancing onstage in a tight-fitting black gown that showcased her...Tags: Anna Nicole Smith, Marilyn Monroe, Celebrity
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