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...hope that at least our response will have prevented MRA from using a mere appearance at an institution as an ostensible endorsement by it or any of its organizations--a device this group is fond...
...after a U.S.O. show): "I've never been enormously fond of Martha Raye, but her show is fun, and when she sings I Left My Heart in San Francisco, it's really touching because, as she says, for most men here San Francisco is the last city they see when they leave. I guess the real reason that she keeps coming back [to Viet Nam] is a line from Sidney Brustein: 'I care, I care about it all. It takes too much energy not to care...
When Mac calls, the team listens, and the noisiest diversion dwindles into the background. For the voice belongs to James Smith McDonnell, 67, whose paternal pep talks are the hallmark of a remarkably successful modern businessman. "Our work," he is fond of saying, "is part of a great team effort. I congratulate all of you who have worked so long and hard." Invariably, he closes: "This is old Mac signing...
Driberg also illustrates some of MRA's other tactics. They are fond of attributing quotes to people who never said them, especially mayors and top officials who cannot politically afford to issue a denial. MRA will also take full-page ads in newspapers and then later cite them as though they were regular news articles. The Times of India was especially incensed when MRA pulled this stunt...
...sense, however, the efficient "professional" Volunteer is as illusory as the catalytic "A.B. generalist" that the Peace Corps is fond of speaking about. There is even some inverse correlation between professional skills and job satisfaction in the Peace Corps. According to termination questionnaires, health workers are notably less satisfied than other Volunteers, one hypothesis being that nurses and technicians accustomed to American medical practices are bound to be disheartened at conditions they find overseas...