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Randall’s remark reflects the observations of scholars who heard Summers’ speech live...
Damrosch wasn’t impressed. He says the line is too much like that infamous American general in Vietnam’s remark: “We had to destroy the village in order to save it.” Rather than echoing an imperialist, Damrosch takes a good-hearted jab at his colleagues over in Jefferson Hall with this offering...
...While on the subject of this article, I cannot help but remark that it would have been much more interesting if the really important feature of the game of Bowling on the Green had been mentioned. What makes it a real game, and a scientific one, is the fact that the balls are not perfectly round and in addition, I believe, are weighted so that it is possible to make them roll on the green with a curve either from left to right, or right to left, exactly as is done with curling stones in the game of curling, although...
...Carson was easy to imitate (by Rich Little in the 60s, Dana Carvey in the 90s, with Phil Hartman superb as Ed), difficult to know. As McMahon once said, in a remark I find both delphic and profound, John packs a tight suitcase. Even those closest to him had trouble figuring out if they had pleased him, and some of them suffered when, without realizing it, they fell short. He fired his brother Dick from directing the show (Dick then directed Merv Griffin's daytime schmoozathon). He summarily canned Art Stark, who had produced Who Do You Trust...
However, some Koreans remain stung by the remark...