A Perfect World; Words And Paintings From Over 50 Of Americas Most Powerful People

by Debra Trione

• ISBN13: 9780740727269
• ISBN10: 0740727265
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-02
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Summary

That is what author Debra Trione asked over fifty of the most powerful and influential leaders in America to do -- describe their perfect world using words, then picture their perfect world using paint. The result is this extraordinary, first-of-its-kind collection, a book that opens a unique window into the lofty ideals of national leaders. This book will entertain and enlighten the thoughtful, engaged, and curious reader in us all. A Perfect World features the dreams of H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Alan Dershowitz, Patricia Ireland, Knight Kiplinger, Gary Bauer, James Carville, Julian Bond, Richard Holbrooke, Nancy Pelosi, and David Broder, to name just a few. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Author Debra Trione began work on A Perfect World in 1997 after serving on the President's Council on Sustainable Development, where she helped federal officials, Fortune 500 CEOs, and national advocacy leaders write policy recommendations bound for the president. She has written extensively on current events for Chicago Public Radio, Marketplace, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Honolulu Star Bulletin, and more. During the 1980s she worked at Harvard University Press and as an editor at Harvard Medical School. She has also written art criticism for a number of publications around the country. She lives with her husband in Rochester, New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. XIII
Introduction	p. XV
Marcia Angell	p. 3
Norman Augustine	p. 6
Gary Bauer	p. 9
Harold Bloom	p. 13
Julian Bond	p. 17
David Broder	p. 21
Deb Callahan	p. 24
Daniel Carp	p. 27
James Carville	p. 30
Robert Chase	p. 33
Linda Chavez	p. 36
Linda Chavez-Thompson	p. 39
Robert Coonrod	p. 42
Alan Dershowitz	p. 46
Michael Dombeck	p. 50
James Fallows	p. 53
Anita Perez Ferguson	p. 56
Kathryn Fuller	p. 59
Arun Gandhi	p. 62
Kim Gandy	p. 66
Candace Gingrich	p. 69
Daniel Goldin	p. 72
Bernadine Healy	p. 75
John Hendricks	p. 79
Dudley Herschbach	p. 82
Richard Holbrooke	p. 85
Patricia Ireland	p. 89
Knight Kiplinger	p. 92
Richard Klausner	p. 95
William Kristol	p. 99
Paul Krugman	p. 102
Delano Lewis	p. 105
Jessica Mathews	p. 108
Derek McGinty	p. 111
Ingrid Newkirk	p. 114
Jim Nicholson	p. 117
Eleanor Holmes Norton	p. 120
Roselyn O'Connell	p. 124
Clarence Page	p. 127
Nancy Pelosi	p. 130
John J. Phelan, Jr.	p. 133
Sally Quinn	p. 137
Robert C. Richardson	p. 140
Alice Rivlin	p. 143
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf	p. 146
Robert Shapiro	p. 149
Alan Simpson	p. 153
Daniel Stein	p. 156
Lester Thurow	p. 159
Neil De Grasse Tyson	p. 163
Sanford Ungar	p. 167
J. Craig Venter	p. 170
Jim Wallis	p. 174
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