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Mr. Simon’s record was also one of the first to grasp the mid-’70s ennui of a generation fenced in by marital responsibilities and yearning for its earlier, wilder self.

But the people in this White House, with every triumph, become wilder and wilder.

It’s been a wilder ride since then: Spot gold prices rose to a record above $4,350 per troy ounce on Monday before tumbling on Tuesday and Wednesday.

In March, basketball influencer Cam Wilder posted a video on YouTube from an Amateur Athletic Union game where two teenagers in the crowd turn to the camera and say “six, seven.”

It’s easy to miss the confidence of Billy Wilder or Frank Capra whenever some brave soul tries to make a comedy that takes America’s temperature by straddling cynicism and optimism.