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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?
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.