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Traditionally, most scholars have believed there's only one existing portrait of Jane Austen, a rather unflattering sketch by the novelist's sister.
But though unflattering, Seelye's Mametizing of Bob Dole can hardly be called unfair.
In the old days, reporters begged in vain for interviews with the nine top Sandinista comandantes . And correspondents who wrote unflattering stories about the Sandies--I was one--could find themselves tossed aboard a plane bound for Costa Rica.
Regarding "The Conintern," by Jacob Weisberg: Now that Michael Kelly has been forced out of the New Republic for his unflattering coverage of President Clinton and Vice President Gore, may we expect an article from Weisberg on the sinister intellectual conformity of the left?
An example Tripp gives in court papers is the unflattering New Yorker profile that revealed her teen-age grand larceny arrest and also that Tripp didn't disclose the arrest in her Pentagon security clearance form.