Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 22, 1993 TAG: 9304220048
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Onassis, who zealously guards her privacy, agreed to talk to John F. Baker, editorial director of Publishers Weekly, provided that all questions pertain to her professional life as a book editor, that she approve all quotes and that no tape recorders or cameras be used.
Baker's article appears in this week's issue of the magazine.
The interview was instigated by Stephen Rubin, the president of Doubleday, where Onassis is a senior editor.
Baker, who sent Onassis a draft of the article, said she had made only two changes - one to correct a name and "one in which she corrected my grammar, which shows she is a line editor at heart."
Tracy Bailey, who went to college with ambitions of becoming an astronaut and instead became a Florida science teacher, was honored by President Clinton at the White House Tuesday as America's Teacher of the Year.
Clinton noted that Bailey, who teaches at Satellite High School, south of Cape Canaveral, "inspired all kinds of students, including those previously known as low-achieving or at-risk, to reach for excellence. ..."
The man who helped catapult Carol Moseley Braun, D-Ill., from an obscure Chicago politician to the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate, is about to assume another role - that of the senator's husband.
Although no official announcement has been made, the senator's press secretary, Stacey Grundman, confirmed Tuesday that Braun was engaged to marry her former campaign manager, Kgosie Matthews, who is now deputy chairman of national affairs for the Washington Strategic Consulting Group.
by CNB