Virgin Islands: A Dependency of United States : Essays 1992-1997This is the first new Gore Vidal collection since Armageddon and A View From the Diners Club. Among the subjects covered are Mark Twain, John Updike, Bill Clinton, Harry Truman and George Washington. ' |
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... Mary Matalin , political director of George Bush's campaign for re - election to the Presidency that he so much adorned ( Read my lips , no capital gains taxes ' ) , and James Carville , who acted in the same capacity for Bill Clinton ...
... Mary Matalin , political director of George Bush's campaign for re - election to the Presidency that he so much adorned ( Read my lips , no capital gains taxes ' ) , and James Carville , who acted in the same capacity for Bill Clinton ...
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... Mary's first impression of James : ' I took a look at him . . . a squinty- eyed , bald - headed skinny guy . He was wearing skin - tight jeans and a little muscle - man shirt with a green turtleneck collar . I'll bet any amount of money ...
... Mary's first impression of James : ' I took a look at him . . . a squinty- eyed , bald - headed skinny guy . He was wearing skin - tight jeans and a little muscle - man shirt with a green turtleneck collar . I'll bet any amount of money ...
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... Mary's guru , whose recent death had left the campaign singularly lacking in Willie- Horton - style ads . Little Miss Mary Mischief is thrilled : ' No one had really been happy with the option of just doing positive Bush because we didn ...
... Mary's guru , whose recent death had left the campaign singularly lacking in Willie- Horton - style ads . Little Miss Mary Mischief is thrilled : ' No one had really been happy with the option of just doing positive Bush because we didn ...
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NineteenthCentury Man | 3 |
Queen of the Golden Age | 16 |
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