Word: magically
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have these wonderful experiences. Just ride those magic rails long enough, and the flotsam and jetsam of the world will bother you. Have a nice trip, and in the words of Lord Baden-Powell, be prepared...
...number? Well, he adds up the tons of asphalt mix purchased by public works departments across the country: 6.4 million. Then he divides by the amount of fill required for the average pothole: 110 lbs. The resulting figure, of course, is no more than an elaborate guess. By similar magic, Ewing has figured out the cost of extra gas U.S. drivers will consume in swerving around the potholes: $626 million...
...goodness of the person is hard to evaluate on paper. He broke a lot of rules he had no business breaking, he was contemptuous of higher-ups, he got into a lot of trouble, and people who didn't know him very well didn't like him. The magic of the guy was his personality and what he could contribute to a group of people...
Sophomore year you did not look quite the same. Roth was gone and Bolduc and Ted Thorndike were Olympians. But the magic was still there along with Brian ("only the Lord saves more") Petrovek and a smooth-as-silk rookie named George Hughes...
...political fund raiser in Atlanta set up by his deposed pal Bert Lance. Theodore H. White, an authority on Presidents and how they got there, has long contended that class is a critical part of politics. "Class is a matter of style in leadership," he says. "It is the magic that translates the language of the street into the language of history...