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New' T didn't see John De LOreall on I Concorde this time but I did get al glimpse of Tiny Rowlands. By God, whath; sinister-looking character. No wonder ' backed the people he did in Rhodes against Mr Smith. The ghastly Rowlands stared at Me `- he knew me, but perhaps it was because was looking at him with such loadliti ng. Well, not to worry. Soon, I he thetC°th.; corde will have gone the waY Nicaraguan revolution and I, for one, s"ti not miss it. Yes, it's quick and convenieo but the people one sees on it take awaYws the fun. By the way, I wonder what ,e'vro Ian Smith flew on his way to London It°„e Rhodesia. I bet that it wasn't the saine efiPy, that Carrington, Soames and Rowlands t, Or Taki for that matter. But I have all .fig cuse. I am an investigative reporter look' is it into the lives of shits and phonies. S° heif part of my job to force myself to share,1,1",l'i lifestyle, however ghastly, and I stiot'''.
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d heir Coming back to my children an mother always reminds me how true "ce proverbs and sayings are — like abhse,iihit making it possible to endure my son's'!t" as of grabbing my nose and squeezing 1;vas hard as he can. This particular pastnrieTl almost as painful as opening the poSt• first invitation that slipped out was ,fress, that paragon of virtue and truthfinellogi Teddy Kennedy. The senator Iwrith Massachussetts has a lot in comtn°11 ,urs people who fly Concorde, including Y"ive truly. (Libel laws do not permit MeAt° g,0ses further details but readers with On"en will get my point.) His letter was friendly. It began like this: `Dear Friel:loaf wish you could stand with me on the -hot of the United States Senate and watch vi is happening to our country. FranklY Yoe will be appalled.' He then went on to acchie the Republican administration of ;Lot pretty horrible stuff. I have kept this Tioo in order to remind people in the futurepap irresponsible and demagogic KennedY rye of is. Some of the accusations remind 1/1„le Andreas Papandreou. The only trouuana, that Papadoc is prime minister of a ban ech no, of an olive, republic, and genn.tecl might one day be president of the Urn States. Kennedy can at times be magnan';c l'use however. For example, he did not 3.,i'e-rice the Republicans of withholding evh, or after a drowning, or of lying under °at.vihg. of cheating in exams or of drunken dr'aIi He also steered clear of allegations that neil of them regularly use dope and e °very of a drinking problem. I thought it was Sweet of him to write to me, especially as I ,gnised his very slanted signature and "acovered that his spelling was correct. ro Tile rest of that mail, however, was even 'hat pre surprising. After I read details of
Andy Warhol does to people I became
of the ad hoc committee to rid the L'ul of him. So you can imagine my by tk -rnent when I opened an invitation jar, "e roaster manipulator of the young and °nt asking me to attend one of his v/Zigs. Well, I shouldn't be astonished. be7°I and his troupe continue to flourish vh,`atise no humiliation or insult is too pr.-,,t1,11dIng to their pride when publicity or gt are at stake. So I went out of my way ass! tang his office and spoke to his senior who told me that, no it wasn't a Th"cal error, that I was indeed welcome. hisat is when I decided to quit. Warhol and resitIng are too strong for me, therefore I thjI as President of the committee to rid The of him, as of this moment. letter Way things were going thought that a of cr 'tom the leading unthinking plutocrat bittligland would be next. But no, the kid! Of Westminster did not write to me caa:vire me to contribute to his favourite iacC.„ himself. But I did hear that his ;at °LIS are after me. I have not yet moved Ter °,,.14 flat and they'l, already screaming fer:eir Pound of flesh. So from this day the!..,1.4 I Pronounce myself president of Dav.7 hoc committee to rid English rate- 'he 'r s of the unthinking plutocrat, Gerald L'ast, hopefully. but et us all unite, we have nothing to lose our fiats.
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