Mr. Dallek addresses all the negatives, but his consistent assertion that Kennedy's policy record as president decisively trumps his personal peccadilloes is cumulatively quite persuasive.

Some of the disturbing aspects of this huge public impact of disclosure of personal peccadilloes have been pointed out.

Maybe that's because he lives in Washington, where personal peccadilloes are best kept out of the news.

Mr. Canter, a lawyer who lives in Virginia, might seem to be holding back his engrossing narrative for the genealogical history and personal peccadilloes of each passing character.

And in France, their personal peccadilloes can simply be ignored.

Ernest told her about office affairs, the personal peccadilloes of some of his co-workers, rumors about others.

Husbands and wives would spill juicy tidbits about their personal peccadilloes to a refined occultist during private sessions and find themselves being charmingly blackmailed.

So far, rumors of personal peccadilloes are unfounded.

But If your slightly bizarre list of personal peccadilloes is free range and organic, go for it if you must.

After all, who'd dump a corporate leader for personal peccadilloes while the stock continued to rock and roll?