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...time I had more or less adjusted myself to the life about me, it broke in on me that Ireland had not adjusted herself in the least little bit. Irishmen in general were still thinking about themselves, or rather, in their usual way, double thinking or squint thinking about themselves, in terms of dawns, and ands, and buts, and onwards, and dew, and dusk, while at the same time making a lot of good hard cash to the evocative vocabulary of traffic, tax, protection, quota, levy, duties, or subsidies while compiling a third and wholly different literary style (pious, holy...
...nicely. The scene in which, as a demonstration of technique, the eccentric old Laird and a sledge hammer wind each other up and hurl themselves into space is exquisite. The Laird becomes a most amusing exaggeration of a country squire with the overplaying of Alastair Sim, who can squint, fidget, grimace, say nothing at great length, and provoke laughter as well as any British character alive. The large Wee Geordie is played by Bill Travers, who in such a "natural man" role, does not have much positive acting to do, yet does it well...
...Scout, Squint, Study. Handsome Halfback Gifford was accustomed to such motion-picture heroics, being, in the first place, an occasional motion-picture bit-player and stunt man (Saturday's Hero, The All-American, etc.). He rehearsed for last week's game just as if for a movie. All week long Gifford and his teammates studied movies of the Eagles in action to learn their weaknesses and strengths...
...left hand as if he were conferring a blessing on the spectators. His blue eyes narrow, he inches his left foot back toward the center of the circle like a burglar feeling his way down off a porch roof in the dark. Suddenly he ducks low. His eyes squint almost shut, and with a furious burst of energy he scrapes his whole body in a whirling drive across the circle. The shot seems to explode from his hand to the sound of a monumental grunt. Fully three-quarters of Parry's body winds up leaning across the boundary...
...around long enough to get to know him swear by Adams. Says Alice Smith, a former secretary on his White House staff: "The work he does! A few times people in Washington asked me where I worked, and when I told them they would look at me with a squint and say, 'Oh, you work for him?' And I would say, 'Yes, I do, and he's the finest boss in Washington...