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Apart from what might strike one as an unsustainable business model, things have been going from bad to worse around her, to the extent that she feels she is under a curse — well, in fact, she is — and has determined that certain ritual actions are required to remove it and repair a “broken circle.”

“George was very impressive tonight. He’s had one less outing this spring and we slow played building him up. I really like where his stuff is at. George goes and gets strike one as good as anybody we have and he did it tonight. He was super efficient.”

In retrospect, such escapades may strike one as profligate.

The only letters that strike one as showoffy or nervous are those to the painter David McIntosh, a lover whose ardor Merrill seems less than fully certain of.

Rogers doesn’t strike one as the type who minds turning 70 soon.