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...seemingly interminable series of secret talks aimed at ending the war in Viet Nam. Lacking any formal announcements of either final agreement or impasse, newsmen concentrated on the omens-and they were ambiguous. As Kissinger emerged from one session, a nearly all-black cat jumped atop his Cadillac limousine. At another meeting in the private home of an American jeweler in fashionable Neuilly-sur-Seine, Kissinger pointed at the ceiling and said with a puckish smile: "When the light bulb starts blinking, it means we have to change the tape." As the North Vietnamese laughed, Kissinger assured them the room...
...favorite theme. At a service in Houston's Convention Center recently, Ike heard a man testify that he had participated in Ike's giving plan and developed the right idea about money. In return, the man prospered sufficiently to get a new house and "a Cadillac car . . . I have the Cadillac car home right now . . . parked right outside." The audience of 5,000 cheered, and Ike breathed, "That's . . . style. Enjoy your new brick home and ride your Cadillac!" Over the amens and right ons from the audience, Ike reiterated his philosophy: "Don't wait...
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Meanwhile, an aging black Cadillac decked with bullhorns, cruised through the Yard and up Mass Ave, amplifying similar sentiments...
DILLARD IS CAREFUL to point out that black along, which is often mistaken for Black English, bears no real relationship to the dialect's grammatical structure. Words such as 'chick' for woman, 'squares' for cigarettes, 'hog' for Cadillac, and 'bread' for money are simply colorful additions to Black English and have little to do with the substance of the dialect. In fact, mistaking black slang as Black English leads to the conclusion that the dialect is merely a corruption of English. For example, 'bread' for money is actually a Cockney idiom...