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Lillian Hellman: Her Legend and her Legacy.
National Review
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June 10, 1988|
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Lillian Hellman: Her Legend and Her Legacy
IN FEBRUARY of 1980, Lillian Hellman sued Mary McCarthy for libel, asking $2.25 million in damages. During an interview on the Dick Cavett Show, pressed by Cavett to name some contemporary writers with inflated reputations, Miss McCarthy had mentioned Miss Hellman, calling her a "holdover,...tremendously overrated, a bad writer, and a dishonest writer. ...Every word she writes is a lie, including `and' and `the.'" Miss Hellman died four years later, before the case ever came to trial.
Although Miss McCarthy and Miss ...
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; ...by an abiding richness. Mr. Maxwell "has maintained not merely a...writer," Yardley wrote. Mr. Maxwell once described his penchant for...through the force of gravity." William Keepers Maxwell Jr. was born in quiet, tree-lined...
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Honor Rolls
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine)
; ...Taiana L. Lemoine, Maxwell T. Marshall, Mary E...Benjamin K. Kelley, William C. Kramer, Dylan D...Kayleigh N. Shrader, Keeper B. Stewart, Michael...Katherine M. Fritzsche, William F. Fulford, Julia T...Fredrick J. Nadeau, Jr., Caitlin M. OBrien...
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HONORS
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine)
; ...Alison J. Ackley, Maxwell L. Adams, Zachary D...Katherine C. Laude, William C. Lagere, Brian Lightbody...Molly K. Spadone, Keeper B. Stewart, Kathryn...Katherine Fritzsche, William F. Fulford, Julia T...Fredrick J. Nadeau, Jr, Colby T. Nathan...
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OBITUARIES.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
; ...Tony'' Disney Jr., 19, of Independence...was a factory worker for Maxwell Rothchild Co., Cincinnati...of Hazard; a brother, William Hatton of Kentucky; 40...County. He was a grounds keeper for the Veterans Administration...Phelps and Arvil Phelps Jr., both of Versailles...
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HONORS [Corrected 12/07/03]
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine)
; ...Alison J. Ackley, Maxwell L. Adams, Zachary D...Katherine C. Laude, William C. Lagere, Brian Lightbody...Molly K. Spadone, Keeper B. Stewart, Kathryn...Katherine Fritzsche, William F. Fulford, Julia T...Fredrick J. Nadeau, Jr, Colby T. Nathan...
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EVELYN E. WOODWARD DAVIS\ INTERESTED IN COMPUTERS, LOVED ANIMALS
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine)
; ...coast where her parents, William H. and Beatrice Faulkingham Woodward, were the keepers. Among the lighthouses she...Surviving are two sons, Monty E. Jr. of Warren and Michael E...of Thomaston, Patricia E. Maxwell of Montville, Beatrice E...
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; ...thousands of dollars from saloon keepers and politicians. And who could...who emerged from the bustling Maxwell Street area, like actor Paul...Arthur Goldberg, CBS founder William Paley and U.S. District Judge...support Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. And veteran broadcaster John...
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