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Kerkache said last spring that it takes his staff hours to deliver the mass-mailings that swamp the mail center several times a week...
...White House to commemorate the fateful first entry, which at the time was barely noted. The original Adams had some doubts about the place even before he left Philadelphia; the mansion was too big and ostentatious for his ascetic New England soul, it was located by a smelly swamp--and it wasn't even finished. Nevertheless, when he got there he accepted what some called "Washington's palace," went in to do a little work, had supper and then, taking a candle, went up to bed--no doubt still wondering at the raw loneliness of that new building...
...Swamp Fox--Ohio Representative Mike Oxley and Louisiana Representative Billy Tauzin--held dueling parties during the week, bankrolled by many of the companies regulated by the committees. Both lawmakers drew on their personal traditions. Tauzin threw a mini Mardi Gras featuring Cajun cuisine, flashy beads and the New Orleans sound of the Neville Family Celebration. Oxley reached back to his love of early rock 'n' roll with a lineup that included Chubby Checker and Frankie Avalon at the site of the old American Bandstand show, where his wife used to dance as a Philadelphia bobby-soxer. The immemorial Dick Clark...
Finally, let me note that the trip was a lot of fun. We went to minor league baseball games, community picnics, jazz festivals, swamp tours and innovative schools. We fished and played cards and tested the limits of wireless technology from our boat. I hope that in addition to the serious topics we write about, we have been able to convey some of this spirit of fun, along with our deepened appreciation for what makes this country so special...
...psychopathy that begets Martin's patriotism. With two of his other boys, he rescues Gabriel from the hanging party in what is surely director Roland Emmerich's most dashing set piece. This action establishes Martin, whose character is surely based in part on Francis Marion, the not-as-nice "swamp fox" of the Revolution, as a great, almost ghostly guerrilla leader. Also, it personalizes the war for him. At some point, we know, he must confront the hateful Tavington mano a mano...