Ci sono cose che le vedo e, con la nostalgia riservata alle occasioni perdute preventivamente, quelle sulle quali non si rimugina con dolore perché mica han mai fatto in tempo a essere concrete, penso che sarebbero state perfette per quel libro che non ho scritto per novecento ragioni, la prima delle quali è la mia irredimibile cialtroneria.
Among those born after 1970, the Kennedy story seems to have a different cast of players. Outside Madison Square Garden, Chiara Veltri, 27, who was asked about Ms. Kennedy’s political ambition, responded with a rumination about “John Kennedy,” which unspooled for several minutes before it became clear that she was not talking about the 35th president, but his son. “When I was a kid, I really loved him,” said Ms. Veltri, an assistant bank manager. “He had such charisma, and you could tell he was a nice guy.” As it turned out, she had seen him once on the Oprah Winfrey show.
