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The Countess Stauffenberg moved in various artistic circles, befriending Rainer Maria Rilke, among others; it was through her connections that her sons met the poet Stefan George.
4. Is it coincidental that prior to befriending Monica, Linda R. Tripp had engaged a literary agent, Lucy Goldberg, who specializes in expos,s of Clinton's sex life and had copies of the tapes?