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Jimmy Carter's favorite authors are Dylan Thomas and James Agee, but this week the speed reader from Plains may be pondering the works of Rudyard Kipling ("If") and John Greenleaf Whittier, who wrote, "Of all sad words of tongue or pen the saddest are these: 'It might have been.' " It might have been that if Carter had taken certain steps earlier, inflation would be lower, the economy would be stronger and the President would be more popular. Hindsight, of course, is one of the few cheap things in this inflationary age. But it has value...
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...other hand, you want to get depressed (don't say I didn't warn you), the Newbury Street Theater is presenting Greenleaf, an adaptation for the stage of some of the work of Flannery O'Connor. O'Connor's shattering, unflinchingly perceptive short stories are among the small masterpieces of twentieth-century American literature: the play might be excellent, but if it's faithful to the original you ought to plan on a stiff drink afterwards. (Tonight through Saturday at 8; call 261-8894 for details...
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