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Let us instance one respect in which American life has recently undergone a great change. We allude to its increased devotion to pleasure, to happiness, to dancing, to sport... to the delights of the country, to laughter, and to all forms of cheerfulness.

~Frank Crowninshield

Topics: American American Life Change Cheerfulness Country Dancing Delights Devotion Forms Great Happiness Increased Instance Laughter Let Us Life Pleasure Recently Respect Sport Us Which

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We Americans are mildly interested, of course, in reading about the discovery of radium by Madame Curie, but what we really yearn to know is the name of the uncommemorated French female who first mixed a sauce bearnaise.

~Frank Crowninshield

Topics: About American Course Discovery Female First French Interested Know Mixed Name Reading Really Sauce Who Yearn

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Yes, the Masters is too stylish to be an American icon. It's as out of character for Uncle Sam as a McDonald's is for France.

~Frank Deford

Topics: American Character France Icon Masters Mcdonald Out Sam Stylish Too Uncle Yes

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Johnny U was an American original, a piece of work like none other, excepting maybe Paul Bunyan and Horatio Alger.

~Frank Deford

Topics: American Johnny Like Maybe None Original Other Paul Piece Work

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Once again it is peaceful at Augusta National Golf Club, after some rather ugly stand-offs in recent years, when the club balked at changing its all-white, all-male membership tradition. African-Americans and female Americans are on the club manifest now along with other golf-Americans, and all is serene once again.

~Frank Deford

Topics: After Again Along American Changing Club Female Golf Manifest Membership National Now Once Other Peaceful Rather Recent Recent Years Serene Some Tradition Ugly Years

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Since too few Americans go to the polls, I say what this country needs is a bobblehead election, where voters will get free bobblehead dolls of their choice when they show up and vote for president.

~Frank Deford

Topics: American Choice Country Dolls Election Few Free Get Go Needs Polls President Say Show Since Too Up Vote Voters Where Will

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Dialect was my biggest fear. So, I spent a long time working with dialect coaches just trying to get American down. I think it's very important and very easy to misinterpret.

~Frank Dillane

Topics: American Biggest Coaches Dialect Down Easy Fear Get Important Just Long Long Time Spent Think Time Trying Very Working I Think

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If the area were on or near the U.S. continental shelf, such data could well provide an enemy with strategically invaluable insights into undersea access routes that could be used to attack some of the millions of Americans who live on or near our coasts.

~Frank Gaffney

Topics: Access American Area Attack Continental Could Data Enemy Insights Invaluable Live Millions Near Our Provide Routes Shelf Some Strategically Used Well Were Who

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The United Nations has long sought the ability to raise revenues in this manner as a means of reducing its reliance on American and other member nations' dues to sustain the UN's operations.

~Frank Gaffney

Topics: Ability American Dues Long Manner Means Member Nations Operations Other Raise Reducing Reliance Revenues Sought Sustain Un United United Nations

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Sharia has become an increasingly significant force in American capitalism, thanks to the embrace by Wall Street and the U.S. government of so-called Sharia-Compliant Finance. Indeed, this country's taxpayers now own the largest purveyor of sharia-compliant insurance products in the world: AIG.

~Frank Gaffney

Topics: American Become Capitalism Country Embrace Finance Force Government Increasingly Indeed Insurance Largest Now Own Products Significant So-Called Street Taxpayers Thanks U.s. Government Wall Wall Street World

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