Washington The Indispensable Man bio review
Henry Wilkinson Bragan reviews James Flexner’s Washington The Indispensable Man noting the biography rescues Washington from heroic myth. It portrays a humane, sometimes temperamental figure who shaped the new republic, opposed monarchy, freed his slaves, and built the institutions central to the U S government.
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Marcus Cunliffe
James Flexner
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Flexner
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Can I Save My Children and The Waltons Ring Night TV
TV highlights include ABC Afternoon Playbreak with Can I Save My Children starring Diana Baker about a woman's survival after a plane crash. CBS The Waltons features The Ring with Mary Ellen entangled in her purchase and its rightful owner. CBS Thursday Night Movies screens One Is a Lonely Number starring Trish Van Devere and Janet Leigh as a woman seeks identity amid divorce.
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Playbreak
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Mary Ellen
Trish van Devere
Monte Markham
Janet Leigh
Melvyn Douglas
Newman eyes stake in San Diego Conquistadors
UPI reports actor Paul Newman seeks a minority share of the San Diego Conquistadors of the ABA. Q's owner Leonard Bloom says negotiations are serious after talks with Newman's agents. Bloom has rejected other offers, including one near $2 million. A separate UPI note states NFPA finds about 10 percent of restaurants burned in 1972, with roughly one third incendiary or suspicious in origin.
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UPI
Paul Newman
San Diego Conquistadors
New York
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Q's
Leonard Bloom
Newman
American Basketball Association
Bloom
Book Review No Final Victories by Larry O'Brien
Book review of Larry O'Brien's memoir on his time with Kennedy Johnson and Democratic politics. Highlights include his frank notes on Johnson and Watergate, his role as adviser, and his view of political operations and manipulation. A primer on how the system works, with sharp anecdotes and candid analysis.
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Larry O’brien
Doubleday
John F. Kennedy
John Kennedy
O’brien
Lyndon Johnson
Jack Kennedy
Johnson
Democratic Party
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