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...Wartime Lies, drew on his childhood as a Polish Jew who escaped the Nazi death camps by living as a Gentile. Assimilating to survive is quite different from assimilating to succeed. Begley did both. After the war, he emigrated to the U.S., went to Harvard and prospered as a Manhattan lawyer before turning to fiction. The Man Who Was Late follows his first book by less than two years, suggesting that Begley, nearing 60, has undertaken a literary career with some urgency...
Critics say the laws simply make it harder for families to find help at home. "Look at the roadblocks the law sets out for somebody who has a need for child care and cannot find qualified U.S. workers," says Ted Ruthizer, a Manhattan attorney who specializes in immigration law. "The law hasn't discouraged unauthorized employment -- it's just made people go underground...
...WHERE I AM, WITH MY KNICKERS at my knees . . .," begins a typical Anita Roddick anecdote, this one delivered, incongruously, to the editors of a dozen glossy women's magazines. The best of America's beauty press -- including editors from Vogue, Lear's and Mirabella -- have gathered at a swank Manhattan eatery to get a close look at the founder of the Body Shop, Roddick's fast- growing chain of cosmetics stores. She is telling them how she learned to make oud, the molasses-thick perfume worn by Bedouin women for its aphrodisiac properties. "We'll show you how to make...
...recent visit to a Body Shop in Manhattan, Roddick looks more like a frazzled housewife than a cosmetics queen. But there is no question who is running the show. Dressed in a baggy white sweatshirt, sweatpants and sneakers -- her 5-ft. 2-in. frame dominated by a mass of wild, curly hair -- she circles the shop floor issuing compliments and critiques while staffers bustle to keep up. "Brilliant!" she pronounces a display of facial creams. "Fantastic!" for a pyramid of hair conditioner. But a tray of hair clips is "Tacky! Get rid of those." Later she sweeps into a meeting...
Bill Clinton called a radio host during the New York primary, announcing "This is Bubba." The name stuck. Next month the first issue of Bubba magazine (written in Manhattan by non-Bubbas, natch) will appear. Sample wisdom: Hillary's no Bubbette, but be cool -- her husband controls the bombs. Besides, the First Mom is genuine. Just check out her Tammy Faye lashes...