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...charm and by our own seemingly inexhaustible curiosity--a "myth machine," in short, that for three generations has promoted a carefully nurtured image of public service, sophistication, vitality and glamour. Even the Kennedy myth machine has taken on the status of myth. Which doesn't mean it doesn't exist...
...myth machine chugs and rumbles, yet many old Kennedy hands deny that it exists--or that it ever did. "I've heard about this well-oiled machine for 40 years or more," says Myer Feldman, who first went to work for Senator John Kennedy in the late 1950s and remains close to the family. "Trust me, there's no such thing." Biographer Laurence Leamer (The Kennedy Men 1901-1963, due in October) sees the myth machine as a journalistic contrivance. "It's a useful way to sell books, to pretend that this thing exists," he says. "A writer gets...
...Given Japanese courts' bias against the plaintiffs in rape cases, it seems evident that if the defendant were a Japanese man, he may never have been indicted. But deep, negative stereotypes exist about American military men, too. Locals insist that soldiers act here in ways they never would at home. They blame the effects of battle training, coupled with upbringing in rough areas and poor education. And though it's left unsaid, it's hard to believe they think race plays no role. "When a suspect is black and from the military, people here assume he must be guilty," says...
...book: "A lot of this had to do with being a white kid?s take on a black person?s take on white society." And most of their songs were written for black groups, on the regional black labels, with little expectation of a crossover that didn?t yet exist...
...does exist, and for the near term, that signals more intense competition and better prices for Web flyers...