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...presume to be the spokesman for the "disunited" (another untruth) Bouvier clan, let me say that all of us were proud and delighted about Jackie's engagement at the time, and that we are united in wishing her and her husband splendid years of service to our country...
...then, adding to all the excitement and giving even more bang to the boom of the Washington real estate market, came the members of the Kennedy clan. They congregated in the Georgetown area soon to be vacated by Jack. The President-elect's sister and brother-in-law, Jean and Steve Smith, already lived on O Street. Now old Joe Kennedy and his wife Rose rented a P Street home for a tidy $200 a day. Ted Kennedy and his wife took overa place just across the way, next to the Christian Herters. Kennedy Sisters Eunice Shriver...
Father Joe Kennedy's big bash at a downtown restaurant followed Frankie's Gala. An exhausted Jackie Kennedy went home, but all the rest of the clan, surrounded by the Hollywood troupe and scores of Kennedy friends, crowded in for a sedate but delightful few hours of champagne, caviar, hors d'oeuvres and supper. It was 4 a.m. before Jack Kennedy slipped into...
...said, 'You can't say anything about it because the Saturday Evening Post is about to come out with an article on Jack called "The Senate's Gay Young Bachelor," and this would spoil it.' " Sniffs Aunt Michelle Bouvier Putnam: "The whole Kennedy clan is unperturbed by publicity. We feel differently about it. Their clan is totally united; ours...
When she said this, the old man was silent for a minute. Then he broke into a roar of laughter." The clan was enchanted with Jackie's thoughtful Christmas gifts-beautifully bound books, her own bright, primitive paintings (executed in a manner that suggests a liaison between Raoul Dufy and Grandma Moses)-and soon stood in awe of her because she had the stamina to stand up for her own tastes. "They seem proud if I read more books, and of the things I do differently. The very things you think would alienate them bring you closer to them...