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...with himself, finds his intellect wandering like a knight errant and his appetites spent in a trickle of compulsions.") Magrinat's narrative is so engaging and moves so quickly that you are likely to find Grisha dead and the story finished before you realize that you've become pretty fond of the grandfatherly, lonesome eccentric...
...favorite, and it helped put George Brown in such a comradely mood that, as they rose from the table, he grabbed De Gaulle by the arm. The French gasped; it was comparable to tweaking the Queen's ear. But De Gaulle was unperturbed. He is genuinely fond of the impulsive Brown whom he praised in his toast for "his ideas and the way he expresses them...
...nearly all their variants, the young possess points of poignant common interest. From activists to acidheads, they like to deride their elders as "stick-walkers" and "sellouts." Fond of such terms as "fragmentation" and "anomie" in sketching their melodramatic self-portraits, many of them assume an attitude that borders on nihilism. To the standard adult charge of youthful irresponsibility, a young Californian can reply, as Authors J. L. Simmons and Barry Winograd show in It's Happening, with the emotional outrage of a John Osborne character...
...aides take it seriously. "His whole life has been politics," scoffs Texas Governor John Connally. "I must say I would be a bit surprised if he chose to end his career at any time in the near future." Still, that such talk could get started about a man so fond of power indicates how Lyndon Johnson's popularity has faded; the theory is that he might prefer dignified retirement to a fight he might lose...
...youthful fling and have settled down to a loving middle age of sorts. That's a good omen for the future of the young'uns down in Connecticut, though we never had their distance problem when we were courting. But all good love stories bring back fond memories, and when Radcliffe brings us our slippers tonight. we'll hold her hand just a little tighter thinking about kid brother and his girl sighing, waving, and squinting at each each other through the blue mist of the Connecticut hills. We know what they're after. And we like...