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...tragedy has its root, after all, and usually the root is of a loving origin. America did not grieve over the destruction of a $1.2 billion tinkertoy, nor did it deign to inappropriately question the uncontested brilliance of the men and women of NASA. America found agony in the immolation of seven remarkable individuals. Who had families just like ours. And dreams every bit as heroic. And the fatal duty of playing pioneer to a frontier no more or less forgiving than the ones we face every day of our lives...
...head. Inside an outlet shop, a slender matron explains to her friend, "So he bought me these shoes in Gucci's, and I said to him, 'Do me a favor. Don't buy me anything.' " Down in back of Main Street in the parking lots, there are men who deign not to participate with wives in this Disneyland of shops but, their mouths agape, sleep in their cars though it is not yet noon...
...record as admiring Giacometti and Picasso; for a few others, a few words of respect; beyond that, the sense of isolation is ferocious. The motto of an aristocratic French family declared: "Roi ne puis, prince ne daigne, Rohan je suis" (King I cannot be; prince I do not deign to be; I am a Rohan). Shift the context and you have the epitome of Bacon's own view of his place in 20th century...
...President does deign to honor Harvard with his presence, he will not be offending Riesman, who emphasizes the distinction between the elevated Commencement platform the purely celebratory occasion of the School's brithday...
...liked Airplane, here's your chance to get more of the same. If you didn't deign to attend a film so sophomoric, so silly, drop the pretensions and try this one; you may be pleasantly surprised. The movie's mainstay is its rapid-fire humor, and, even if only half the jokes hit theme, the film contains enough solid gags to have you laughing throughout the hour and a half show...