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From Never Trumper to MAGA town crier, Vance evolves, and ascends as Trump’s vice presidential pick.
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Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
But there’s reason to wonder whether his profession—like that of lamplighters, town criers, and cigarette girls—might be a thing of the past.
—Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Avedon wanted not only to detect the pulse, with a physician’s intimate solicitude, but to amplify and announce it, like a town crier.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
He’s become the modern-day equivalent of a town crier, a character somewhere between a loving grandfather and a next-door codger with a tale for every occasion.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2020
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Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
But there’s reason to wonder whether his profession—like that of lamplighters, town criers, and cigarette girls—might be a thing of the past.
—Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Avedon wanted not only to detect the pulse, with a physician’s intimate solicitude, but to amplify and announce it, like a town crier.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
He’s become the modern-day equivalent of a town crier, a character somewhere between a loving grandfather and a next-door codger with a tale for every occasion.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2020
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“Town crier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20crier. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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