Word: rosenbaum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MURDER AT ELAINE'S by Ron Rosenbaum Stonehill; 192 pages...
That, at least, is the premise of Ron Rosenbaum's delightfully bitchy first novel, a tale of lethal venality among the nation's media mandarins. Rosenbaum, 32, is a former Village Voice staff member who protested Editor Clay Felker's 1974 takeover by ripping up his paycheck in the new owner's face (to which Felker is reported to have asked, "Who was that?"). In Murder, a Felkeresque press lord named Walter Foster loses his empire in an unfriendly takeover. Then, worse fate, he is displaced from his regular table at Elaine...
...Rosenbaum said that fine performances within the freshman and sophomore teams have aided the whole club's success...
...Having two nationally competitive teams gives us an added advantage, because when one falters, the other picks up the slack," Rosenbaum added...
Sandra Seville-Jones '82, a member of one of the top teams, said she agreed with Rosenbaum that unity and cooperation are factors in the club's success...