.A propos of which we saw the hilarious drama about the life of Doris Duke on TV; Bacall was a true incarnation; in fact, the true New Yorker that she is, she seemed more bitter and sour than the heiress. Chamberlain was finally showing his true colors as the wicked butler.

Symposia is clairvoyant: today the Washington Post reports about a Pew Survey that indicates that journalists feel very bad about themselves and their profession. The truth is so simple: the media monopolies have all the power and the individual fourth estate scribe does not.