Vanity Fair 1998 - Abstracts

Vanity Fair 1998
TitleSubjectAuthors
A beautiful mind. (mathematics genuis John Forbes Nash Jr.'s triumphant battle with schizophrenia)General interestSylvia Nasar
A commanding lead.(actor Brad Pitt)General interestCatherine Horyn
Adventures in the ransom trade. (organized kidnapping of multinational businessmen)(Cover Story)General interestWilliam Prochnau
Aging bulls.(leading youth films)General interestKim Masters
A girl named Joe. (oil heiress Marion Carstairs)General interestKate Summerscale
A knight at the opera.(Sir Andre Previn's first opera)General interestBarry Paris
All heaven in a rage.(aboard the Mir space station)General interestBryan Burrough
All that glittered. (Mexican heir Charlie de Beistegui Chateau de Groussay to be put on sale for $10 mil)General interestDominick Dunne
A night to remember. (Vanity Fair's fifth annual Oscar-night party)General interest 
A star's wars.(Scottish actor Ewan McGregor)General interestZoe Heller
Balanchine's dream.(New York City Ballet choreographer George Balanchine)General interestRobert Gottlieb
Becoming Michael Jordan.(basketball player)General interestDavid Halberstam
Being Michael Jordan.(excerpt from "For the Love of the Game: My Story")(Cover Story)General interest 
Clinton and women. (ugly truths about the women's movement and US Pres Bill Clinton)(Cover Story)General interestMarjorie Williams
Decoding the Starr report.General interestRenata Adler
Diana and the press.(Princess Diana's relationship with the media)General interestSally Bedell Smith
Diane by design.(designer Diane Von Furstenberg)General interestKevin Sessums
Dressed to thrill. (Italian Vogue fashion editor Anna Piaggi)(Interview)General interest 
For your consideration ... some suggestions on how to wage an effective campaign for an Oscar nomination.General interestHenry Alford
Fran Leibowitz on age.(woman humorist)General interestFran Lebowitz
Gone with the gypsies. (investigation of geriatric poisoning-cases by private detective Fay Faron)(Cover Story)General interest 
Gowned for glory.(works of designer Charles James)General interestLaura Jacobs
Great Danes. (movie actress Claire Danes)General interestKevin Sessums
Hearts on fire.(excerpt from 'Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years')General interestTaylor Branch
Horror! Remake!('Psycho' movie)General interestEvgenia Peretz
In the Navy. (Fashion journalist Carrie Donovan)(Interview)General interest 
Jocelyn's revenge.(art collector Jocelyne Wildenstein)General interestGeorge Rush
King of the hill.(lobbyist Tommy Boggs)General interestCarl Bernstein
Kosovo's valley of death.(ethnic conflicts in Yugoslavia)General interestSebastian Junger
La Boheme.(works of photographer Berenice Abbott)General interestA.M. Homes
Leonardo takes wing.(actor Leonardo DiCaprio)General interestCathy Horyn
Life begins at 8:30.(Ciro's nightclub)General interestSheila Weller
Light fantastic. (restaurateur Keith McNally)General interestMatt Tyrnauer
Lions in winter.(National Hockey League members)General interestMordecai Richler
Love's deadly harness.(alleged murderer Susan Cummings)General interestJudy Bachrach
Madonna and child.(singer's daughter)(Cover Story)General interestIngrid Sischy
Mount Sinai's deadly treasure.General interestHoward Blum
My first Gulfstream.(private business jet)General interest 
Paradise revealed.(Agnelli residence in the Italian Alps)General interestMadison Cox
Paris belongs to Brassai.(photographer)General interestVicki Goldberg
Rembrandt of the foxhole.(World War II cartoonist Bill Mauldin)General interestStephen E. Ambrose
Road to glory.(novelist John Burnham Schwartz)General interestBetsy Osborne
Salinger in love.(excerpt from Joyce Maynard's autobiography)General interestJoyce Maynard
Sargent's bloodlines.(works of artist John Singer Sargent)General interestBetsey Osborne
Shadow of the patriarch. (American illustrator Newell Convers Wyeth)General interestDavid Michaelis
Shattered glass.(reporter Stephen Glass)General interestBuzz Bissinger
Silent thunder. (evaluation of new Bentley Arnage)General interestHenry Porter
Sophisticated ladies. (legendary cabaret stars)General interestRichard Merkin
...So what's to become of our Jerry? (Jerry Seinfeld)General interestLynn Hirschberg
State of grace.(author Grace Paley)General interestAlexis Jetter
Stealing beauty.(art theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)General interestTom Mashberg
Swingin' on a century.(life of singer Frank Sinatra)General interestJonathan Schwartz
'S wonderful, 'S mervelous! (former talk show host Merv Griffin)General interestMatt Tyrnauer
That old magic.("Photoplay" editor James Quirk)General interestPatricia Bosworth
The chosen one. (Vice-President Al Gore Jr.)General interestMarjorie Williams
The color of light. (National Gallery of Art presents the works of abstract expressionist Mark Rothko)General interestA. M. Homes
The company he kept.(artist Roddy McDowall)(Obituary)General interestDominick Dunne
The devil and Jeffrey MacDonald.(convicted murderer)General interestSam Anson
The hazing of Gretchen Mol.(upcoming actress)General interestNed Zeman
The hero's nightmare.(abduction of Charles Lindbergh's son)(excerpt)General interestA. Scott Berg
The lady and the Titan. (how journalist Ida M. Tarbell destroyed the reputation of billionaire John D. Rockefeller)(Cover Story)General interestRon Chernow
The last goddess.(actress Luise Rainer)General interestMarie Brenner
The master builder.(architect Frank Lloyd Wright)General interestKen Burns
The new establishment 1998.(top 50 leaders of the information age)General interestJohn Gillies, Evgenia Peretz, Peter Biskind, Robert Sam Anson, Ned Zeman, Charles Fleming, Sara Switzer, Michael Shnayerson, David Margolick, Suzanna Andrews, Judith Newman, Edward Klein, Phoebe Hoban, Jennet Conant, Anita M. Busch, Alan Deutchman, Anne Fulenwider, Gaby Grekin
The outlaw champ. (late world heavyweight boxing champion Charles "Sonny" Liston)General interestNick Tosches
The president's private eye.(private investigator Terry Lezner)General interestJudy Bachrach
The ripe stuff.(veteran astronauts of the Mercury and Gemini Projects of NASA)General interestRinker Buck
The shock heard round the world. (Rudi Gernreich honored for his fashion innovations)General interestCathy Horyn
The war at home.(civil rights violations in the US)General interestGore Vidal
"Vanity Fair's" exclusive portfolio of America's 200 legends, leaders' and trailblazers.General interest 
What Lulu wanted.(actress Louise Brooks)General interestTom Dardis
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