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A Stein is not a Stein is not a Stein.

In sublimely understated prose, Times writer Jeannine Stein renders kvetcher nonpareil Ben Stein with stunning clarity. Dear Ben can simper media culpa and cry rivers about his trials with Joan, but what emerges is a weasel in Brooks Brothers (100% wool as sheared from sheep) clothing.

MILES BELLER

Los Angeles

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