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...wanted a life of art and literature, and on the few times she dragged her young husband into that world he either walked out, sulked or drank too much. He caressed other women in front of her. She shamed him with restraint. He made outrageous requests, like the instant removal of a whole reception from the banks of the Pedernales River to the shores of Lake L.B.J. She briefly argued against this arrogant display, then airlifted guests, barbecue and bars 25 miles in time...
...Radcliffe. When she later sought work at the electronics companies around Boston, she was startled to find how little many American executives seemed to know about Japan. Says she: "They know they have a lot to learn, but because they're so busy, they want some kind of instant pill to learn...
...gold medals. There was a certain smugly triumphal mood in the stands that replicated the atmosphere of a Reagan campaign rally. At both events, young Americans broke into an overbearing victory chant: "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" But the Games also frequently achieved something close to perfection: athletes utterly inhabiting the instant of the act--driving chariots of fire...
BRIGHTEST INSTANT REPLAY. Of all the solitary catches and hits, baskets and goals, the singular sensation of the sporting year was Boston College's 5-ft. 9 3/4-in. Doug Flutie confirming his legend with two seconds and half a field to go. That one pass in a 47-45 fireworks display at Miami is a trophy for Flutie as tangible as a Heisman...
...wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." Nowadays public figures are confronted with the problem of telling the truth or lying in a way that never faced Washington, Jefferson or Lincoln. Before congressional committees or television interviewers they face cameras, instant answers are demanded, and the pictorial proof of what is said goes into the files to haunt them. In the Westmoreland trial, McNamara was a reluctant witness; for 13 years previously as head of the World Bank he ducked discussing Viet Nam on the ground that he could not talk...