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...very rough, and there are some times when you are haunted by a problem for a few days until you know that a decision has to be made and there is no one else to make it but you." Yet he has no regrets, not even a Walter Mittyish twinge to be back in the movies in a juicy wide-screen part. "I thought that I would miss that," he says, referring to his switch from films to politics. Harking back to his days as Governor of California, he recalls, "Nancy and I looked at each other one night...
...Plimpton's case, the search is not likely to stop soon. He has a score of Mittyish projects in the works or in the back of his mind, ranging from cooking in an elegant French restaurant to racing in the English Grand National Steeplechase-not to mention a book he is writing with Poet Marianne Moore about events they have attended and people they have met together...
When you see Bobby Leo run 50 Yards for a touchdown, or Keith Sedcek sink a 30-foot jump shot, or Jim McCandlish pitch a two-hitter, do you have difficulty suppressing Walter Mittyish dreams of being a sportswriter? If so, you're not alone...
When you see Bobby Leo run 50 yards for a touchdown, or Keith Sedlacek sink a 30-foot jump shot, or Jim McCandlish pitch a two-hitter, do you have difficulty suppressing Walter Mittyish dreams of being a sports hero? If so, you're not alone...
There is something Walter Mittyish about an Air Force R.O.T.C. parade. Row upon row of alert little men clad in sharp blue uniforms parade endlessly around the Lacrosse field while the band plays and the brass looks critically pleased. The cars on Boylston St. slow almost to a crawl as the occupants lean out and smile proudly at the "Hahvad soljers...
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