"Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire."

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"Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire."

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"So in our pride we ordered for breakfast an omelet, toast and coffee and what has just arrived is a tomato salad with onions, a dish of pickles, a big slice of watermelon and two bottles of cream soda."

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"The only difference between the Bel Air of the '90s and the Bel Air of my childhood is that now the nannies are Latina instead of British, and the cars European instead of American."

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"I'd cap the total amount of income taxes paid by Americans to no more than 25 percent and tax all income only once."

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