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Past the Plutnickis and Mitchells, in the facing seats at the back of the bus, Mark Harris and Tom Clarke held court, providing whatever semblance of rowdiness there is on this team. But this is a quiet team, pensive, maybe. It is a team of pleasant, articulate individuals. That's why they were so much fun to cover...
...part of their great secret is that they both live in the same country. White and black have shared that secret for a long time now, and have done an efficient job of keeping it from each other. The smile that connected John Grimes and the old man, while pleasant enough for the occasion, was historically speaking a lapse of judgment, a slip of the heart. If Baldwin had been writing news instead of fiction, John might never have thought to apologize, and the old man might have swung his cane like a war club...
...press has noticed that White House secretaries are pleasant when they answer the phones. That may change, but for now it is a novelty. Secret Service agents have been seen smiling. Their kind of man, both politically and personally, is back. Reagan is just plain courteous to almost everyone. "Too nice sometimes," snapped an aide. One morning the President told his staff firmly that he was getting "impatient" for a certain report. Recalled one: "That is as nasty as I have heard...
...spring training. The optimism of the next few days--Joe Rudi can probably shag flies in the Florida sun as well as or better than Freddie Lynn; after all, he's been doing it longer--will be like a March afternoon spent in the stands at Chain-O-Lakes--pleasant, but not very meaningful...
...around, chatting with them, tossing knowing asides into the audience, and generally acting urbane and oh-so-witty. Ian Richardson's letter- and paragraph-perfect performance--even his pinstripes seem to have raised eyebrows--can't entirely excuse Albee's officiousness in creating such a role. It's never pleasant to be talked down to; but when there's this character on stage telling you what to pay attention to, whom to watch carefully, you begin to wish the playwright had been a bit less clever...