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9 Because they knew they would use them if it came to that,
10 And maybe the world wasn't a completely perfect place after all,
11 Like when some aYank woke up in the morning wondering if his children would ever get to grow old,
12 bAnd when his children came home from school and asked why they needed an air-raid drill,
13 Because everybody would die in a nuclear air raid anyway,
14 Which could happen,
15 Because if the Russkies did something unspeakable,
16 The Yanks would absolutely positively have to get even,
17 No matter how much it cost,
18 cEven if it killed them.

CHAPTER 141
1 But nobody talked about these things very much during the dgreat nap of Ike,
2 Because it was easier to talk about other things,
3 eLike all those great Hollywood movies,
4 fStarring Doris Day and Rock Hudson,
5 gAnd John Wayne,
6 hAnd Cary Grant,
7 And all the other great Yank stars who showed everybody,
8 Including the Yanks,
9 Exactly what it meant to be a fine, upstanding, virtuous Yank,
10 iWho always wins in the end,
11 Because there is always justice in the world,
12 As long as it is ruled by Yanks.
a.Ed.30.7
b.Ed.30.8
c.Yks.7.2
d.Yks.137.13-14
e.Dav.36.2-4
f.Dav.36.5
g.Dav.34.2-10
h.Dav.18.5
i.Brit.22.20
j.Psay.5S.1-3
k.Psay.5S.4-8
l.Psay.5S.9
m.Psay.5S.10-11
n.Mawr.22.22
o.Hill.S.23-24
p.Ed.10.7
q.Ed.31.4
r.Ed.30.5
s.Ed.34.5-11
t.Ed.40.1-8
u.Ed.47.7-12
v.Ed.51.20-21
w.Ed.51.17-19
x.Ed.55.1
y.Ed.57.3-15
z.Ed.47.6
CHAPTER 142
1 And if a Yank didn't like the movies, there was always something else to talk about instead,
2 jLike sports,
3 Which were a great Yank tradition,
4 Starting with baseball,
5 kWhich was great,
6 lBut maybe not as great as NFL football,
7 mWhich was so tough and competitive and great that it showed the whole world what it was to be a Yank,
8 nSuch as being bigger and faster and stronger than anyone else,
9 oAnd perfectly willing and able to run right over anyone who got in the way.

CHAPTER 143
1 And all Yanks everywhere could always just forget about everything and watch ptelevision,
2 Which was all about how great it was to be a Yank,
3 Because on TV, qall Yank dads were wise and wonderful,
4 rAnd all Yank moms were warm and beautiful,
5 sAnd all Yank kids were smart and helpful,
6 tAnd all Yank heroes were brave and handsome and noble,
7 uWhether they were TV cowboys,
8 vOr TV policemen,
9 wOr TV private eyes,
10 xOr TV lawyers,
11 yOr TV doctors,
12 zOr even TV gamblers.
13 And that's not all,
14 Because TV also showed the Yanks the best way to live,