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 | | The ideology of "greatness"--an ideology that claims, precisely, to transcend ideological concerns and to locate the timeless and enduring, the fit candidates, though few, for a Hall of Fame, whether in sports or in arts and letters--is, in fact, frequently secured with reference to a philology of origins. |
 | | And "what if the aided pig had been Wilma or Wilhelmina?" For her, Spinsters, taking their cue from "the complex and fascinating web of the spider," can spin ideas about such interconnected symbols as the maze, the labyrinth, the spiral, the hole as mystic center... |
 | | The element of "Some Pig" in the Nixon success story is considerable; the back-room boys' work on Nixon's "personality problems," on his "lack of humor," on his need to concoct some "memorable phrases to use in wrapping up certain points," and so on. |
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