Sublime

Most of the men sport variations of the Izod Lacoste or Brooks Brothers polo, although a few, adopting the mode of the new libertine, are trying to seem at ease in tight Huk-A-Poo shirts, generously patterned and unbuttoned to a greater or lesser degree. The older generations are sweating in Bill Blass pink or canary sport coats, checked pants too

“What’s the line? ‘Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean.’ ” “What’s that?” “Raymond Chandler. On how the private detective must be a man of honor. Of course, he had never been one. Dashiell Hammett was one, and he had different ideas.”

Tugwell could not resist. “You said Huey was the second most dangerous person.” “You heard right,” smiled Roosevelt. “Huey is only second. The first is Douglas MacArthur.

ANDREW J. BACEVICH,

Je n’oublierai jamais la première fois que je suis allé à New York, en voiture, avec des amis. Ça s’est mal passé, je veux dire le voyage, pas le séjour. On était trois Noirs dans la voiture, je le dis ainsi parce que le Noir est une variété humaine qui attire les policiers des petites villes américaines, comme le miel attire l’ours. C’étaient les

Formerly the Richmond Hotel, it was a Tallahassee landmark and great care, they said, had gone into preserving the spirit of the grand old establishment.

The deputy had his gun out now. “First thing I thought when they said to keep an eye out for a Plymouth,” he said. “Only a nigger’d steal that.”

In office, Reagan typically governed the high-rung way: steadfast about principles but flexible about policies.