If General Haig is so smart, why did he finish 214th (out of 310) in his graduating class at West Point? Does that mean there are 213 generals his age who are smarter than he is?
Calvin TrillinWhat campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul.
Calvin TrillinPerhaps we've time to have a look at the Number Thirty-One bus queue before we turn in.
Calvin TrillinHow did Italy manage to end up with no Caribbean islands at all? Christopher Columbus took the trouble to discover the Caribbean personally before the end of the fifteenth century. Try to get a decent plate of spaghetti there now.
Calvin Trillin