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...come on outside and let this fella take your picture, we're trying to get this road fixed," Phillips shouted to a white-haired old woman at the door of the decaying house. As the old woman hobbled out onto the porch, an American Airlines jet passed overhead--on its way to "The Good Life...
They are encouraged to "charge" the front porch of a prospective customer and knock loudly, starting the first call at exactly 7:59 a.m. and spending no more than 20 minutes with any prospect. In training sessions they also spend time shouting, clapping and singing ("Goodbye to no and never,/ Goodbye to doubt and fear. It's a good thing to be a bookman/ And to be of good cheer"). When answering the phone...
...beyond the city. But home continues to be the L.B.J. Ranch, which still seems filled with Lyndon's presence. There are the three television sets he used to watch the news; the worn lounge chair big enough to accommodate his great frame; the bentwood rockers on the front porch where he and Lady Bird used to watch twilight settle over the river; and a needlepoint pillow inscribed: "This is my ranch and I can do as I damn please...
...part of their prevention efforts, some squads have adopted near-vigilante tactics. In East Lansing, Mich., members of the rape crisis center are said to have scrawled "rapist" on a suspect's car, spray-painted the word in red across a front porch, and made late-night warning telephone calls. In Los Angeles, the squad has adopted a counter-harassing strategy: when a woman called to complain that a neighbor followed her whenever she went out, squad members followed the follower for three days. That was enough to make him change his ways...
...vulgar, and whose studied disapproval of the experiment masks incipient love. At the end of the film she and Camille pass at the jailer's desk during visiting hours; Camille on her way out, Helene unable to get in. As the film ends, she types the manuscript; her porch overlooks the prison yard; a song called "I Will Wait," plays over the credits. Somehow it's touching...