Word: mailbag
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Ball is a misaddressed musical mailbag. Buddy Hackett, a droll fellow of manic and mournful mien, should be readdressed to oldtime burlesque, where his earthy urbanisms could blue the air like cigar smoke. The frenetically agitated dances should be restored to the speeded-up silent film. The nondescript music should be sent back to recompose itself. The book has never left its natural state-pulp...
...spent fully one-third of the meeting announcing appointments and extolling U.S. accomplishments under his Administration. He talked about the continuing growth of the national economy, which he said was already showing the beneficial effects of the tax cut, and even read a fan letter from the White House mailbag to show that the folks around the country are with him all the way. He spoke firmly of new plans to cut federal spending and payroll, and he added up how many women this Administration had appointed...