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“I hope I shall have ambition until the day I die.” -- CBL

                                                The Life of the Extraordinary Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) was a playwright, journalist, politician and diplomat. She was managing editor of Vanity Fair , represented Connecticut in the House of Representatives for two terms, and under President Eisenhower, was appointed ambassador to Italy - the first American female to serve in a major ambassadorial position abroad. She was married to Henry Luce, publisher and founder of Time Inc. The Price of Fame: BEAUTY was an asset Clare Boothe Luce used to her political (and financial) advantage. But so, too, were the other characteristics summed up by Sylvia Jukes Morris in this second and final part of her exhaustive biography of one of the most remarkable...

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The practice had evolved from commonplace books, a Renaissance tradition of compiling important and memorable information into bound sheets of paper. Students were encouraged to keep the books during class, and eventually they became a place to store anything and everything their owners found interesting-including the signatures of other classmates.