Word: postscripts
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...Postscript...
...chapter at Hué, a special message was sent: "Hold any action until the arrival of Thich Tri Quang." Then, hunkering down on the floor, Tri Quang personally reined in a delegation of monks pressing for more action. "We must honor our words," he said loftily, adding as a pragmatic postscript: "Otherwise we will all be dead...
...swirl of controversy has largely obscured the mayor's positive achievements, among them excellent appointments to sensitive agencies, notably those responsible for narcotics, welfare, buildings and parks. Though Lindsay's vaunted equanimity has also suffered, he recovered his good humor long enough to supply a surprise postscript to the annual musical lampoon staged by political reporters. Always a show business buff, Lindsay donned straw hat, white gloves and cane for a soft-shoe song-and-dance routine with a professional partner. "Maybe," he quipped, "I can save this show yet." That hopeful observation was clearly not limited...
...Defoe's Moll was a hardheaded tart who used her ill-gotten lovers for gain. Novak's Moll uses her ill-gotten gains for her lover, and too soon comes to too good an end as a conventional romantic heroine. Appropriately, in Moll's real-life postscript, Actress Novak and Leading Man Johnson became husband and wife, which makes their wide-screen hanky-panky seem unimpeachably legitimate...
There was only one postscript to be added. Into Owner Gussie Busch's office next day walked Johnny Keane, the Redbirds' manager, a veteran of 35 years in the Cardinal organization, and the man who as much as anyone made it all possible. For Keane, victory had a special flavor-the taste of revenge. A month before, the Cards were six games back of first place, and he was merely running out his time; Busch had already lined up Leo Durocher for the job. Now Keane could write his own ticket. He did. Handing Owner Busch an envelope...