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Ford sipped his iced tea. The afternoon light began to fade across the south lawn. He had had his ups and downs over the last week. He was a bit more tired than usual, just a shade more subdued. But he was still a believer. "I'm an optimist," he said. "It's a great thrill being President... Betty and I are well adjusted [to White House life]; the children have gotten along well; I think it has brought our family closer together. Our children have matured very well in the White House. It's been helpful...
...Eternal Optimist. By the time 1600 reached its next road stop, Washington, Producers Roger L. Stevens and Robert Whitehead signed a new director-choreographer team: Gilbert Moses, 33, and George Faison, 30, both black activists who had worked together on the hit black musical...
Lerner was the "eternal optimist," says 1600's arranger, Sid Ramin. "He thought the problems were solvable-if he only had a few more days." Moses wanted to take the show to Los Angeles, confident that "clarification would have come out of another three weeks" of work. But with expenses totaling $100,000 a week, the producers decided to face Armageddon in New York...
...positive. How come? asked the program's moderator. Scammon replied that, though a great many problems remained to be solved and though there were still far too many sick and deprived people, the U.S. is in extremely good shape. To be sure, Scammon is known as a glandular optimist, but the daily headlines largely supported his thesis...
...passionate reader who sensed what was to come, Rubinstein last year went through all of Proust and Joyce's Ulysses ("By Jove, I had it, didn't I?"). He says his eye condition cannot be cured by surgery: "It is final, you see. But I am an optimist. I love life tremendously. I think to myself, what will I do with my time...