There’s no medical expense can break us now. They called LBJ every name in the book but believe me he did a lot of good for the little man. Wherever he went wrong, it was his big heart betrayed him. These pretty boys in the sky right now, Nixon’ll hog the credit but it was the Democrats put ’em there, it’s been the same story ever since I can remember, ever since Wilson—the Republicans don’t do a thing for the little man.
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JOHN UPDIKE He imagines the plane exploding as it touches down, ignited by one of its glints, in a ball of red f... JOHN UPDIKE Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. JOHN UPDIKE I love you,” he says, and the fact that he doesn’t makes it true. JOHN UPDIKE