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...tough his opposition was. Earlier that day Strauss felt a surge of optimism that the pressure from Kennedy was about to be relieved. He had received word that Kennedy wanted to meet him secretly at the Plaza Hotel, and Strauss immediately called the President. "These conventions are like a cake," he told Carter. "They all have a moment to set, and I think it may be now." Responded Carter, who was more skeptical: "It seems more like an omelette to me." When Strauss arrived at the hotel, he was informed that Kennedy had changed his mind. Strauss was furious...
Andy Rooney is the Boswell of stuff. He has heard the siren call of an empty coffee can ("How can you throw away such a nice clean can with this tight-fitting top?"). He understands the disquieting dimensions of soap ("Most of its lifetime, a cake of soap is too small . . . It's not only too small, it's sharp around the edges"). And he knows why dogs are man's best friend ("The average dog is a nicer person than the average person...
...lots of ice cream and watermelon and I'd open up all the presents and blow out the candles on the big red, white, and blue birthday cake and then we'd all sing "Happy Birthday" and "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy." At night everyone would pile into Bobby's mother's old car and we'd go down to the drive-in, where we'd watch the fireworks display. Before the movie started, we'd all get out and sit up on the roof of the car with our blankets wrapped around us watching the rockets and Roman...
...fields of New England are the creation of civilization. "Humanized environments," writes Dubos, "give us confidence because nature has been reduced to the human scale, but the wilderness in whatever form almost compels us to measure ourselves against the cosmos." He argues that man can have his environmental cake and eat it too. With careful management, nature can be not only preserved but also improved upon...
...planning to hold a birthday party for the universe, you'd better put fewer candles on the cake--nine billion instead of 15 billion...