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...defined as a sonnet. Still one looks for things to be said in letters that are not said elsewhere, expecting truth most of all. Even falsity in letters divulges a kind of truth-the false wit employed in writing to a clever enemy, the false cheer to a dull friend, the false authority to children, the false self-confidence to colleagues. Letters conceal almost nothing, which accounts for their power. Those few who have done them well ought never have been told: Don't write any letters...
Symbolism can be overdone, of course, as can the analysis of sex roles. The basic appeal was that the Angels were not only very pretty but rather likable. One could cheer them on in their pursuit of malefactors, wildly firing their pistols but rarely hitting anyone, and one could also cheer them on in their efforts to play scenes that often crumbled into self-parody. "It seems like we did the same old script over and over," says Ladd, "dope runner, crazy family, etc." It was because of that guileless amiability that the show so easily survived the departure...
...House athletic secretary, Photo lived in sweats. Almost every day she would collar unsuspecting Winthropians in the dining hall to play golf or volleyball or basketball, with a look half peppy, half plaintive. And even when she found enough volunteers. Photo went to the games to cheer them on--and bag participation points for Winthrop in the process...
Though he looks fit enough to go another term or two in the White House, Ford says he is happy to be out of officeholding for all time. His good cheer comes from being a distance away from the nation's capital, a vantage point that convinces him things are moving up for the U.S. "There is a good feeling in the country despite the problems," Ford said one morning at breakfast. He talked alternately about the world today and as it was when he was a student living at the Deke house, just a couple of blocks...
Yesterday, though, was Mark Henry Day at Soldiers Field. Not like Mary Throneberry Day at Shea when all the folks from Canarsie come out to cheer their idol. More like put it down on the calendar, fly a flag, call your friends and have a party because it is Mark Henry...