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...modesty in performing is as unusual as his playing. He confessed during the concert to some nervousness and at least half a dozen times responded "Bless your heart" to the applause for his and Merle's exceptional riffs and to the two standing ovations which succeeded in bringing Doc back for encores. His modesty comes not from a lack of confidence in his skill, but simply from his appreciation for people who like to hear...
...Spain when Jody was inaugurated, he sent a congratulatory wire. Of course nobody is prouder of Jody's achievement than his fun-loving father Elmer ("They call me toothless Elmer"), whose gas station bears such puckish legends as ELMER'S GYP JOINT and GOD BLESS THIS MORTGAGED STATION...
...hunger-striking detainees aboard the prison ship Maidstone in Belfast harbor (which the government ordered closed last week). Said one sample ad: "Hamill-to Frankie and comrades on your ninth day of hunger strike. They can intern the revolutionaries, but they can't intern the revolution. God bless you. From your mother-in-law and family...
...Stapleton still seems to be playing The Gingerbread Lady. She is a jittery bundle of nerves rather than the tough stoic she ought to be, and her matronly appearance short-circuits what should be an electrically charged love interest between her and Grizzard. Nonetheless she is all theater, and-bless it-so is The Country Girl...
...comes up over Israel, the steward makes an announcement: "You are now over Tel Aviv. Blessed be your coming." The 707 wheels, dips and lands lightly; as it does, the passengers burst into applause and patriotic Hebrew songs. "God bless Golda Meir," shouts an exuberant Georgian. Gershon Mazin sings an old Zionist song, Peace to you, O Jerusalem...