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Life Was So Much Simpler In Pre-video Days When Everyone Refused Invitations Because The 'forsyte Saga' Was On. Now We All Just Have A Long List Of Unwatched Shows, All Of Which, It Seems, Our Friends Are Raving About. I Feel As Outdated As If I Wore A Fair Isle Sweater, Ate Pot Noodle And Had A Two-bar Electric Fire In The Sitting Room.

All Over The U.s. There Are People Whose Lives Are Being Destroyed For Lack Of Proper Health Care Provision, And There Is No Sight More Odious Than The Rich, Powerful And Arrogant Trying To Keep It That Way.

The Formal Washington Dinner Party Has All The Spontaneity Of A Japanese Imperial Funeral.

The British Are The Last National Group Who Can Be Insulted By Hollywood Without Any Comeback. These Days If You Depict Italians As Gangsters, Saudis As Terrorists Or Mexicans As Violent Drug Dealers You'll Never Hear The End Of It. But As Still The Largest - And Possibly The Richest - Ethnic Group In The States, The British Just Have To Take It.

Reagan Is The Only Man To Take The Presidency As A Part-time Job, A Means Of Filling Up The Otherwise Empty Hours Of Retirement.