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Up at the villa - When Clare Boothe Luce was sent to be America's first female ambassador to Italy, she set up a command post in the boudoir of her villa. From there, Letitia Baldrige recalls, she made the garden party a weapon of diplomacy/
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Conde Nast Publications, etc.]
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2002
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Up front - Americans are pouring into clinics in greater numbers than ever, desperate to shake the grip of drugs, alcohol, sex, food, even the Internet. Most will fail, and many will become hooked on the process of rehab itself. And this, Lauren Slater argues, could lead us away from other, more promising paths to recovery/
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Slater, Lauren
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Conde Nast Publications, etc.]
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2002
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Up front - At a time when fashion has never looked younger, Judith Krantz argues that dressing well at a certain age requires cunning and, yes, scruples/
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Conde Nast Publications, etc.]
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2002
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Upfront - At first, Elizabeth Weil writes, nothing seemed stronger than sunny beaches, perfect waves, and an endless blue ocean. Then he asked if she'd like to learn how to surf/
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Conde Nast Publications, etc.]
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2002
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Up front - Death threats come with the territory for Judge Leslie Crocker Snyder. Here, the woman criminals call "Attila the Hun" explains why she won't back down/
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Conde Nast Publications, etc.]
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2002
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Up front - For men, academic failure was once an early indicator of professional success. For their female counterparts, on the other hand, it meant a lifetime of misgivings. In the age of George W. Bush, Elaine Showalter examines the gendered origins of the bad student/
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Conde Nast Publications, etc.]
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2002
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Up front - What he couldn't find in his father, Alec Wilkinson writes, he found in his father's closest friend, the novelist William Maxwell/
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Conde Nast Publications, etc.]
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2002
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Up front - When her runaway teenage nephew arrived on her doorstep, Marsha Recknagel welcomed him into her well-ordered (and childless) existence. But what, other than the family they both left behind, could they possibly have in common?/
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Conde Nast Publications, etc.]
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2002
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Up front - Will Kabul ever be the same again? Remembrances of things past may hold a key. Carla Power looks forward by looking back/
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Power, Carla
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Conde Nast Publications, etc.]
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2002
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Up in arms - Can a woman of extra-sturdy build attain the willowy arms to match the season's styles? Penelope Green takes up the challenge/
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Green, Penelope
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Conde Nast Publications, etc.]
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2002
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Urban transit - Three women. Three cities. One new device that confirms what we've always suspected: Where we live can make us fit or fat/
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Conde Nast Publications, etc.]
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2002
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