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...shown the capacity of his model, John F. Kennedy, to disarm critics with self-deprecation. J.F.K., for instance, defused the issue of his family's heavy spending in the 1960 election by telling his audience that he had received a wire from his father: "Dear Jack, Don't buy one more vote than necessary. I'll be damned if I'll pay for a landslide." Frank Mankiewicz suggests that Hart could turn the age-change issue into a joke simply by beginning a speech with a statement of fact and then, after pausing a beat, adding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Journey of a Small Town Boy | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

...Zhivago, or Gone with the Wind, every classic war picture must feature a love story. Who can forget, for example, the unforgettable moments when Humphrey Bogart passionately sweeps Ingrid Bergman off her feet, or when, after Tara has suffered a crushing defeat. Clark Gable tells Vivien Leigh, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." Although each of these films purports primarily to explore the circumstances surrounding its respective war and depict a bygone era, we all secretly know that the political and social statements are secondary to the more central and compelling story of boy meets girl...

Author: By David B. Pollack, | Title: No Casablanca | 3/22/1984 | See Source »

...thought of John Wesley, that troubled missionary who learned something in the 18th Century that we have forgotten in the 20th. Homeward bound to England, Wesley gazed out at a tossing sea and wrote in his diary, "I came to America to convert the Indians. But oh, dear God, who will convert...

Author: By Richard J. Margolis, | Title: Indian Resiliency | 3/17/1984 | See Source »

Administrators. Deans, Professors Even dear...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: You Call It | 3/2/1984 | See Source »

...DEAR Muffy...

Author: By Clark J. Freshman, | Title: Whither The Frats? | 3/1/1984 | See Source »

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