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...That there Baker's a real high-class boy. I just wish he was a Democrat," Tarbue Lewis, a district manager for the Democratic state party headquarters in Nashville said. The Democrats have good reason for wanting Baker on their side. The last senate election saw him defeat the first female contender by more than 200,000 votes...
...surprised at your article reporting how city slickers are taking up wearing boots [Sept. 3] with their high-class suits and outfits. It was hard to believe that something they used to disparage would turn out to be one of the new fashions for fall...
...twinge of pain, new pain he couldn't numb because that cup had served him the last of the gin bright September day: he just back from the war, starched Air Force uniform, two rows of colored ribbons on his chest, bound for glory; she just back from her high-class wartime job in Washington, home to marry the hero. But after the fourth mewling baby, she went to work for groceries; the house was her parents' wedding present; the family money was her money. He took to staying up nights, peering into bottles. He was out on the street...
...picture of their mother. No picture of the bright September day: he just back from the war, starched Air Force uniform, two rows of colored ribbons on his chest, bound for glory; she just back from her high-class wartime job in Washington, home to marry the hero. But after the fourth mewling baby, she went to work for groceries; the house was her parents' wedding present; the family money was her money. He took to staying up nights, peering into bottles. He was out on the street long before she ever asked him to move, across town...
Such scenes may not occur in Wall Street law firms, but they might make a movie, perhaps even a high-class, low-Nielsen TV show. It is a pity that Osborn did not find enough that is human about major league law firms to make his book something more. -Evan Thomas