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...Truman Capote's remark that the rich are different because "their vegetables are better" [May 1], I would like to add, "Especially their greens...
There is a rich literature of political assault. "We love him for the enemies he has made" was the boast of Grover Cleveland's supporters in 1884. Teddy Roosevelt gloried in confrontation with tycoons ("malefactors of great wealth"). F.D.R. had his "economic royalists" to pummel. Harry Truman is still celebrated as a man who liked to "give 'em hell...
Other famous Paducans are Alvin Barkley, who served as Truman's vice president, and Phil Roof, a catcher in the major leagues. Roof is one of nine ballplaying brothers, five of whom have played professionally...
Described as "a serious Billie Burke" by one of her friends, Author Truman Capote, Bunny is a woman of great, if somewhat eccentric style and a brilliant landscapist. At the request of another friend, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bunny redesigned the White House gardens; her own gardens in Virginia look like an impressionist painting...
...deserve it for the soft life you've been handed, you bastard. I hope it mends in time for your next big-shot fete. If it doesn't, maybe you can make up a good story about how you got your limp, one that Zbiggy or Gore or Truman or Jackie will swallow like hot pate...