| Description |
ix, 257 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Doing my talent -- The motto-maker's art -- Iran may be Iraq -- The line on lines -- Fred's fiftieth -- My life in wine -- Still truly needy -- Whom says so? -- Old marrieds -- Loaded for raccoon -- Diseases of the mighty -- To catch a wonk -- The chicken à la king question -- Hate thy neighbor -- Invasion of the limo-stretchers -- Did the Marcoses seem rich? -- Spelling yiffniff -- Flimsy envelopes -- Castro forgotten, alas -- Flunking the test -- My life in poetry -- Social notes from Aunt Rosie -- Invitation from Mrs. T. -- Not hiring Deaver -- Oreos to the Moon -- My team -- Calories may not count -- The correct change -- Design disagreement -- Reagan is told of Norwegian whaling infractions -- Important volumes -- New well blues -- Secrets of the deep -- Fear of chiggers -- The inside on insider trading -- Tax reform blues -- Geography lesson -- Corporate triumphs -- Using it all -- Deity overload -- Touched by the little touches -- Columbus sailed the river blue -- The Gipper lives -- My life in art -- Confessions of a crank -- The Gipper still lives -- Missouri uncompromised -- Unisys revealed -- Kashfleau's problem -- I come clean. finally -- Conspiracy maybe, but no plot -- Gurus' shoes -- My senator -- Available for special occasions -- Wherefore art thou Nittany? -- The old stories are the best stories -- I'll take the low road -- Managing the cherry tree scandal -- Chances are -- Gentlemanly acts -- Flunking the bank exam -- Tokyo law -- Inspecting the cork -- Success. |
| Summary |
Classic American humorist Calvin Trillin making underhanded, snide comments about everyone from the neighbors to Reagan. |
| Subject |
Essays.
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Essays. (OCoLC)fst00915437
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| ISBN |
0899195318 |
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9780899195315 |
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