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Brad DeLong delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Fri Jul 19 10:19:34 PDT 2002



>joanna bujes wrote:
>
>>I read Pollitt's piece last night and, I have to admit, I was very
>>disappointed. The one virtue of anonymity is that when your sweetie
>>dumps you, you dont have to embarrass yourself all over the New
>>Yorker.
>
>It was also an act of revenge, and a very successful one, I'm
>guessing. News that Paul M dis'd his current g/f as a twit is
>probably not playing well in the new household.
>
>Doug

Yeah. You'd think men would learn. *If* you are going to dump someone as witty, as good a writer, and as potentially biting as Katha Politt (or Nora Ephron), do it *nicely* or else.

What role did _Heartburn_ play in ruining Carl Bernstein's career?

Brad DeLong



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