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Though the Dunfeys often operate under franchises, President John Dunfey says that the family's chief asset is its effort "to keep the personal involvement in the business that we had when we had just a hot-dog stand." To keep up "the spirit and warmth of the old Yankee taverns," the Dunfey inns lure travelers with such country titles as "Cracker Barrel Lounge...
...ability to make his cohorts--professors, lawyers, entertainers, sportsmen, and kids--feel he was not merely their boss or leader or public advocate, but their true friend. Most of his professional associates soon became pals of one sort of another. Tragedy, moralism, and fatalism seemed to give Kennedy a warmth and compassion his detractors denied...
...bravely, went on with the work to be done, as usual, knowing full well the weighty perils you faced but taking them in your stride, like a man, with a stiff upper lip, as you munched buttered toast in the late morning, surrounded by friendly fellows in the warmth of the drawing room of your favorite club...
STAR ISLAND BOY, by Louise Dickinson Rich (Franklin Watts; $3.50). A foster child, pushed from home to home, discovers warmth and a sense of identity among the lobster fishermen on a bleak Maine island...
...here's what he looks like!" The kids, especially the younger teenagers, would have his picture. A dedicated head on white cardboard emitting all the warmth of a high school graduation photo. Whenever one of our cars was parked for a few moments, it would be plastered with his bumper stickers. "Man, we don't none o' that McCarty. We want Kennedy--Kennedy...