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After he won the presidency, he calmed down -- sort of. He rarely roared with mirth but had a low, dry chuckle and a broad grin. His humor was sly and wry and almost never deserted him, no matter how grave the issue. Talking about the threat of nuclear war and his deep doubts about military technology, he once summed up his notion of the first nuclear exchange: "The Soviets will shoot off their missiles and hit Moscow, and we will respond and take out Miami or Atlanta...
...have any money on me, can you pay?" he asked me one campaign day in 1960 after offering lunch at a Milwaukee counter. O.K., I paid. "Leave a tip," he instructed, grin showing. Ten percent plunked down. Kennedy counted every coin with his forefinger. "Pretty chintzy," he said. "Leave some more." The grin grew, and he was up and on his way to Omaha, trailing a low chuckle...
...weighed the Soviet leaders and their diplomats, then suddenly said, "You know that they have an atomic bomb in the attic of the Soviet Union embassy up on 16th Street? If war comes, they are going to trigger it and take out Washington." He had a kind of half-grin on his face. His guests looked incredulous. "That's what they tell me," insisted Kennedy. "The bomb was assembled from parts brought in in the diplomatic pouches. This thing goes up, and we all go." He never stopped grinning. I had always intended to ask him, You were kidding, right...
...Massachusetts, whose presidential campaign peaked on the eat-your-spinach message that everyone must sacrifice to bring the deficit down. Claiming 100,000 followers in 50 states, they aim to make it easier for politicians to make painful budget cuts by educating voters as to why they must grin and bear it. Or as Tsongas puts it: "Congress will do what is courageous when it is no longer courageous...
Bonnie and Robert, resident experts and key insiders, have no qualms about the unique qualities of Store 24. Although she admits her bias, Bonnie says that Christy's just doesn't measure up. But what sets S24 apart? "Definitely the people," Robert flashes a toothy, charming grin. "Basically," Bonnie sums it up, "We have personalities." Loud music blares in the background as some customers compare tatoos in the back aisles. "We're friendly, cooler, more laid back," Robert adds approvingly. He flicks open the register again with a certain je ne sais quoi as if to prove his point...