A Woman of Ambition, Neither Hero Nor Villain
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In Elisabeth Bumillerâs rendering Condoleezza Rice is neither hero nor villain but an ambitious woman whose achievements and shortcomings speak for themselves.
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Most French women still find themselves less than equal in politics and the corporate world.
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Her role as owner was never something she sought. Her status among the rich and powerful was never something she pursued. Virginia McCaskey realizes she reached this point only because she happened to be the daughter of Papa Bear, the late George Halas.
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Lauryn Williams never saw her coming. Not as a contender in the weeks and months leading up to the Olympics. Not as a blur whooshing up on her right.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton has the makings  of a strong president but she is losing the personal passion  and authenticity that could make her a stand-out in the U.S.  political scene.
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THE first thing to know about the woman known widely here as Doris Gluck is that Doris Gluck is not her real name.
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Playing a star of the prewar London theater uneasily stepping into middle age, Annette Bening manages a hectic plot with glamour and aplomb.
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Maria didn't mean to poison her children. Quite the opposite.
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Yolanda Perez is not your run-of-the-mill regional act.
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She was one of those rare, down-to-earth stars without affectation, pretension or a press agent to do her thinking for her. When we first met at University of the Pacific, I was wondering
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A peek inside the private world of legendary actress Katharine Hepburn reveals a woman resembling the strong-willed characters she often portrayed.
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To tame a strong personality, an author says, don't force it to play defense.
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In Ann Packerâs ladylike, man-proof new novel, too much of the focus is given to the pedestrian, domestic details about her characters.
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"Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person."
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In the macho world of the Pentagon, Darleen Druyun was rare: a woman who had scaled the heights of power, controlled billions of dollars in weapons programs and could punish or
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Zarah Ghahramani makes a highly unlikely political prisoner, a romantic, poetry-besotted young woman whose rage at the government was a matter of personal style as much as of principle.
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She ran from an arranged marriage into a Western household.