Example sentences for: plimpton

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  • High praise for Ali, too: "[H]is charisma makes the film" (Richard Corliss, Time ). The film's highlights: on-screen commentary from ringside spectators Norman Mailer and George Plimpton, music by James Brown and B.B.

  • Book -- Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career , by George Plimpton;

  • "We try to involve our lawyers in pro bono right from the start of their careers," said Christopher K. Tahbaz, 37, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton. "

  • Most critics take the opportunity to sum up Capote's career: They recall with regret that Capote spent more time schmoozing than writing, and deem his work less memorable than his social appearances, particularly at his fabled 1966 "Black and White Ball" and on the Tonight Show . Critics also chide Plimpton for rehashing, rather than investigating, old accusations, such as Capote's alleged lying and drinking problems.

  • The New Yorker excerpts George Plimpton's forthcoming biography of Truman Capote to tell the story behind Capote's In Cold Blood , the "factional" account of a 1959 murder in Kansas, which appeared in the magazine in 1965.


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