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...From defending the common man we pass on to exalting him, and we find ourselves beginning to imply, not merely that he is as good as anybody else, but that he is actually better. Instead of demanding only that the common man be given an opportunity to become as uncommon as possible, we make his commonness a virtue...
...brief involvement in international relations made Cheever decide to choose some form of government work as a career, and upon separating from the Navy he entered the State Department's Office of International Security Affairs. After several months he found himself with an uncommon though admirable desire to study, so be packed up his family and returned to Cambridge. In two years he earned a Ph.D., as well as a teaching position, and has been bobbing in and out of Littauer ever since...
Rare & Grave. Despite Mrs. Lucas' enthusiasm, what had happened to Billy was really no miracle. He was a victim of myasthenia gravis, a mysterious, uncommon disease which usually strikes adolescents or the elderly. Infant cases are rare, and Billy's was especially hard for the doctors to diagnose because he was stricken so soon after birth, when cerebral palsy is the likeliest explanation of symptoms such...
Eisenhower's education about the "issues ' was particularly significant because the Democrats have fostered an attitude about Eisenhower which a Manhattan taxi driver recently summed up in the phrase (quite seriously intended): "But after all, he is just a hero." The idea (not uncommon about heroes) is that Ike's past achievements spring from some mysterious and possibly noble qualities which, however, are not connected with the job he would have to do as President, and have nothing to do with such practical matters as organizing ability, power to make decisions, skill in analyzing situations...
Upperclassmen are still entitled to a certain amount of respect from the freshmen, and violations are reported to a so-called "Court of Control," solemnly presided over by black-robed seniors. It is not uncommon to see a beanie-topped freshman pacing the campus carrying a large sign proclaiming that he "shall not walk on the grass and shall not be disrespectful to upperclassmen...