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...unfortunate matter of Dick Morris' book, for instance," the press guardian would say, "if Random House paid Dick Morris for having taken notes in secret on the person he was working for and the Star paid Sherry Rowlands for having taken notes in secret on the person she was working for, why is Random House treated so much more respectfully in the press than the Star...
...dreaded that particular question partly because I hadn't been able to think of a convincing answer beyond pointing out that Random House had paid a lot more than the Star and in a capitalist society a large sum of money brings a certain amount of respect, even if it is spent on a book that turns out to be a turkey...
...semester, this magical time of discovery and rebirth and, of course, the sweet, sweet cursing of first-years lotteried out of Core classes. Yes, the upperclass students bask in the glow of their years until the unfortunate announcement of (dear God, must we go on) a random lottery...
...random lottery is bad. It's wrong, it skates...
...BOOKS . . . DO THE WINDOWS OPEN? The juxtaposition of what should be done set against the difficulty of actually doing it underscores the comic principle that animates Julie Hecht's first collection of fiction (Random House; 212 pages; $21). Her narrator ought to be happy, or at least fulfilled. She and her architect husband have an apartment in Manhattan, a house in East Hampton and a summer rental on Nantucket. She can afford a small army of expensive people -- psychiatrists, opticians, periodontists, endodontists, exercise trainers, floor renovators -- to minister to her and her possessions? needs. Yet in spite of all this...