Book World: All the wrongs of all the right people in D.C.
Ron Charles, The Washington Post
May 25, 2021
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By Christina McDowell
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Christina McDowell was used to getting extraordinary gifts from her father, Washington lawyer Thomas Prousalis Jr. To celebrate her graduation from high school, she got a BMW. One Christmas morning, he gave her a Hermés Birkin bag. And then there was that time McDowell discovered Dad had given her $100,000 in credit card debt.
McDowell wanted to ask him about that little problem, but she didn t know exactly where her father was, only that he would soon be assigned to a federal prison to serve a 57-month sentence for securities fraud. He was a convicted associate of Jordan Belfort, whom Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed in The Wolf of Wall Street.
2021 AFPM Annual Meeting Virtual Edition: Women in IndustryâThe power of resiliency
4/12/2021
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On Monday, the AFPM Annual Meeting Digital Edition hosted its annual Women in Industry event, featuring an inspiring and powerful keynote address followed by table talk discussions on the theme, âThe Power of Resiliency.â This event is noted for its focus on empowering women in industry though engaging discussions and for creating excellent networking and learning opportunities.
The session keynote featured guest speaker Eboni Monk Adams, Director of Marketing, Advanced Refining Technologies, and author of âLeading Wise: Inspirational Reflections for Corporate Leaders.â Mondayâs session was co-moderated by chemical engineer Christina McDowell, Marathon (retired), and Latoya Britt, AFPM.Â
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Years ago, during a former presidential administration, there was a dinner at the White House honoring a prominent patron of the arts. His twenty-something stepsons were seated on either side of a celebrity who was then, and remains now, a household name. She was not pleased. “She took one look at the seating and called over the White House social secretary and said, ‘I do not find this to be appropriate seating. I do not know these people,’” recounts one of the stepsons (as long as no one’s identity is revealed). “The secretary said, ‘These are the sons of the honoree of the evening and if you are not comfortable, we suggest you not stay.’ Of course, she did stay.”
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A compulsively readable novel in the vein of ADVANCED READER S COPIES Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this shipment may be delayed.
A compulsively readable novel in the vein of The Bonfire of the Vanitiesâby way of The Nestâabout what Washington, DCâs high society members do away from the Capitol building and behind the closed doors of their stately homes.
They are the families considered worthy of a listing in the exclusive Green Bookâa discriminative diary created by the niece of Edith Rooseveltâs social secretary. Their aristocratic bloodlines are woven into the very fabric of Washingtonâgeneration after generation. Their old money and manner lurk through the cobblestone streets of Georgetown, Kalorama and Capitol Hill. They only socialize within their inner circle, turning a blind eye to those who come and go on the political merry-go-round. These parents and their children live life free of cons