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Article: Heir heads.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
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- The Washington Monthly
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- April 1, 2004
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells's article "Like Common People" (January/February) was enjoyable, but stories of spoiled heiresses are nothing new. One of the very early Oscars went to a film he ought to watch called "It Happened One Night," starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. In that famous film, a wealthy debutante gets her comeuppance, for being born rich during the Depression, presumably. The same premise still works even on MTV.
CDR Larry A.Grant
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It appears from Wallace-Wells's article that youth of the extremely rich are in as much need of mentors and guidance as those at the other end of the social spectrum--it is obvious that ...