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...that reservoir of bitterness is about to erupt with the nearly simultaneous publication of two books that describe the same incident from perspectives that couldn't be more different. In No Apparent Danger, reporter Victoria Bruce documents what she says are warning signals Williams missed, safety precautions he failed to take and grandstanding opportunities he seized. Williams tells his own story--and defends himself against his critics--in Surviving Galeras, co-authored by Fen Montaigne. Taken together, the books provide a vivid account of how the people who study volcanoes do their dangerous work...
Williams says he wrote his book as an exorcism, but with Bruce's book rushed into print at the same time, the demons are sure to be reawakened. Even reporting the book was painful, Williams says. At one point, he interviewed one of the widows, herself a geologist. She blamed Williams for her husband's death and blasted him as irresponsible. "There had to have been signs," she tells him in boiling anger. "You just missed them, that's all...It was just stupid that he died." Readers of both books--and they should be read together--will reach their...
...Reported by Anthee Carassava/Highampton, Bruce Crumley/ Paris, Helen Gibson/ London, James Graff and Joe Kirwin/Brussels and Jane Walker/Madrid
Next on the griddle were Clinton's most dogged lieutenants, the bunker squad--chief of staff John Podesta, counsel Beth Nolan and endlessly faithful consigliere Bruce Lindsey. All of them had the same message: During those wild, sleepless final days, they had protested in force against the notion of pardoning Rich, a fugitive who had illegally bought more than $200 million worth of oil from Iran during the hostage crisis and dodged paying $48 million in one of the biggest tax frauds in history. They were so adamant in their opposition that after a Jan. 16 meeting, they assumed...
...Bruce Cabot as Jack Driscoll What is it about "King Kong"? Kind of ridiculous on a plot level, isn't it? Expedition sails to uncharted island to make an adventure documentary; they bring along a blonde, Ann Darrow (Fay Wray), for "love interest." Natives on island make sacrifices to local god, figure the blonde would work better than one of the local maidens. Kidnap blonde, tie her up on altar on other side of huge wall, call on the god. God turns out to be giant ape who feels immediate love interest and grabs the blonde. Expedition pursues them into...