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May, 1976
If you're having problems keeping a sense of historical perspective--or even of humor--about the whole Bicentennial business, you might keep this image in mind: Every time (probably starting later today) some politician or celebrity comes on the tube to tell you, as solemnly as possible, about one or another of the republic's past glories or heroic leaders, just picture good old Gore Vidal, looking cool and aristocratic, a big grin on his face, poised slightly offcamera with ... a pie in his han...
