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RimRat	Post subject: Alas, poor Conrat Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:06 pm
Joined: Tue Oct 28, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 131 Location: South of Detroit	It appears that Lard Black is in more trouble than originally thought:<p>PALM BEACH, Fla. — Conrad Black is selling his plush oceanside mansion in the tony district of Palm Beach for $46 million Cdn. Black, a member of the British House of Lords, has also received offers for his 11-bedroom townhouse, near London’s Kensington Palace, valued at about $33 million Cdn. Black, who also owns a two-storey New York condominium and a mansion in Toronto estimated at a value of about $7 million, appears to be unloading assets in the face of a U.S. Security and Exchange Commission investigation into allegations of improper payments made to him and other executives of Hollinger International.
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wordygurdy	Post subject: Re: Alas, poor Conrat Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:33 am
Joined: Sat Nov 01, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 741 Location: The Empire State	That's SECURITIES and Exchange Commission.<p>I'm kind of interested in his FDR bio, though I haven't bought it yet. My appetite for reading about that era was whetted by Doris Kearns Goodwin's fabulous *No Ordinary Time.*
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Alas, poor Conrat Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 3:02 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by wordygurdy: That's SECURITIES and Exchange Commission.<p>My appetite for reading about that era was whetted by Doris Kearns Goodwin's fabulous *No Ordinary Time.*<hr></blockquote><p>How soon we forget.
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wordygurdy	Post subject: Re: Alas, poor Conrat Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:05 pm
Joined: Sat Nov 01, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 741 Location: The Empire State	Oh, I hadn't forgotten. But I had read *NOT* long before the plagiarism charges came out. And despite them, she did create an incredibly detailed and intimate portrait of the Roosevelt White House years.<p>I agree that plagiarism is reprehensible and shouldn't be committed. But some of the work on that book was her own--we just unfortunately don't know how much. And the result was engrossing.<p>If Black's FDR bio is half as good (and it did get great reviews), it will be worthwhile to plow through its 1,000-plus pages.<p>[ January 08, 2004: Message edited by: wordygurdy ]</p>
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ShiningPath	Post subject: Re: Alas, poor Conrat Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:10 pm
Joined: Thu Aug 28, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 63 Location: Chicago	It should be noted that Conrad Black's research included arranging for Hollinger's stockholders to purchase FDR's papers for $8 million, supposedly as an "investment" for the company. So even this book is tainted by his corrupt practices.
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