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...also be complex and expensive, with the simple things of life having the most value. Above all, it will be a challenge, though no harder than that of any other age. For many this challenge will hold only terror and pain; for some of us, it will be a delight...
While inclusion of a Confederate flag on your Fourth of July cover may infuriate some, it will delight millions who view it as a reminder that the same spirit which overthrew the Crown and blazed up in vain in 1861-65 burns today with increasing fierceness against a Federal Government that has swelled into a mountainous monolith of overbearing, overburdening bureaucratic tyranny...
From Ronald Reagan on down, Republicans last week expressed surprise, delight and, finally, gratitude for the welcome they received at their 32nd convention. At the outset of his acceptance speech, Reagan thanked the city for its "warm hospitality," and the delegates seconded that emotion with cheers and applause. During breakfast the next morning, Reagan again praised Detroit Mayor Coleman Young for a job well done. Agreed G.O.P. Chairman Bill Brock: "I'm getting overwhelming compliments about Detroit. This city has busted its rear...
...august dealer-photographer Alfred Stieglitz gave Hartley his first one-man show at his famed 291 [Fifth Avenue] Gallery. To his delight. Hartley suddenly found himself immersed in the Stieglitz circle. But his most emotional experience was his discovery of Albert Pinkham Ryder. "I was a convert to the field of imagination into which I was born," he wrote. "I had been thrown back into the body and being of my own country...
...audience watching the new show, A Cure by Laughter, at the Old Moscow Circus already suspects what "doctor" from outer space is going to pop out of that tiny spaceship landing in the single ring, and their delight is tangible. Sure enough, what emerges is no astronaut, considering the oversize checkered cap perched on unruly shocks of blond hair, black velvet jacket, red scarf, clodhopper shoes and, of course, trademark potato nose. After 30 years with the circus, Oleg Popov, 49, is regarded as the king of clowns even beyond Soviet borders. How long did it take to dream...