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...Wulff answered that for his part he intended to go home and wait for the arrival of the allied armies. If he saw in any of his horoscopes that Himmler was soon to commit suicide, he does not tell us. He does end on a note of good cheer: "National Socialism was smashed and disappeared from the scene. Astrology . . . remained." ∎Otto Friedrich
...flowed fast. The sixty would become one, like an awesome animal flanking Walker in the center. At the climax came the question in a scream, "Are you ready?", and the animal's energy roar in response. This roar was what the fans waited for, the cue to rise and cheer for the victory to come. And for the players, it meant release from Walker's spell. It was this grip on the team's emotions more than anything else, more than even his tackling or scoring that made him our Most Valuable Player...
...spending no more than 20 minutes with any prospect. In training sessions they also spend time shouting, clapping and singing ("Goodbye to no and never,/ Goodbye to doubt and fear. It's a good thing to be a bookman/ And to be of good cheer"). When answering the phone...
Although always an obedient aide, Haig is more accessible and has more good cheer than his predecessor, the dour H.R. Haldeman. Says one Nixon aide: "Haldeman issued orders. You work with Haig as an equal." A former assistant to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in the Johnson Administration and to Henry Kissinger in the Nixon Administration, Haig leapfrogged from colonel to four-star Army Vice Chief of Staff in three years. He had been expected to head the reconstruction of the post-Viet Nam Army...
While we are rummaging in the wreckage for heroes, it may be time to step back and give a cheer for the amorphous and maligned bureaucracy-the same old bureaucracy that has been alternately humiliated, squelched, ignored and attacked by all modern Presidents...