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That so few soldiers in the coalition died somehow seemed to Americans a vindication. It was even a return of their shining self, of Buffalo Bill, who (e.e. cummings wrote) could "ride a watersmooth-silver stallion and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat ." The unspoken text was this: the nation had recovered its immunity, its divine favor, or anyway its gift for doing things right. The victory was as satisfying as anything Americans have done together since landing on the moon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Moment for the Dead | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

Buffalo Bill's defunct who used to ride a water smooth-silver stallion and break onetwothreej our five pigeonsjustlikethat Jesus he was a handsome man and what i want to know is how do you like your blueeyed boy Mister Death At Bennington as in other schools, Cummings' typographical arrangements are being studied for what they are - devices to give readers a maximum of communication and excitement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONALITY: Education, Nov. 3, 1952 | 11/3/1952 | See Source »

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