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I've never heard that expression before, but I love that.
I've never heard that expression before, but I love that.
Mary was one of those people that I think by making her representative of something, you miss a lot of their uniqueness.
Mary was one of those people that I think by making her representative of something, you miss a lot of their uniqueness.
And then he went over to the CIA, almost mysteriously. Alan Dulles recruited him, or seems to have recruited him for the CIA meeting.
And then he went over to the CIA, almost mysteriously. Alan Dulles recruited him, or seems to have recruited him for the CIA meeting.
And she was having this suburban life across the river in McLean, Virginia.
And she was having this suburban life across the river in McLean, Virginia.
The strain on the families of the CIA in the 1950s during the Cold War was extreme. There was a great deal of alcoholism. There was a great deal of suicide. There was a great deal of family dysfunction. Very, very unhappy kids. Very unhappy wives. Guys who would disappear forever and ever on these CIA missions. They could never talk about what they were doing. The drinking was fantastic.
The strain on the families of the CIA in the 1950s during the Cold War was extreme. There was a great deal of alcoholism. There was a great deal of suicide. There was a great deal of family dysfunction. Very, very unhappy kids. Very unhappy wives. Guys who would disappear forever and ever on these CIA missions. They could never talk about what they were doing. The drinking was fantastic.
Cord used to go and get blitzed every lunchtime at a favorite French restaurant, and it was a world under a great deal of stress.
Cord used to go and get blitzed every lunchtime at a favorite French restaurant, and it was a world under a great deal of stress.
Had an independence, which, as I said, reminds me a little of Mary. And Dovey went her own way. You know, when her husband, Mr. Roundtree, objected to her going to Howard University Law School, Dovey just basically said, OK, fine, well, see you around. She was going to pursue her law career and she was going to do what she wanted to do. And Mary was the same way.
Had an independence, which, as I said, reminds me a little of Mary. And Dovey went her own way. You know, when her husband, Mr. Roundtree, objected to her going to Howard University Law School, Dovey just basically said, OK, fine, well, see you around. She was going to pursue her law career and she was going to do what she wanted to do. And Mary was the same way.
You could tell immediately that a message like that was a cry for help.
You could tell immediately that a message like that was a cry for help.