A face in the crowd.
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I was watching the 1988 convention, and the nominee for vice president was introduced: Dan Quayle from my home state. His face was large on the screen, a face I'd not seen yet but at a glance I saw an amazing similarity to my daughter's ex-boy friend, they could be brothers. The camera shifted to the crowd suddenly, to a person in the enormous crowd, the former boyfriend I'd just thought 'looked like' Dan Quayle. He wore the hat of a representative and I later asked if he'd been in the crowd. He was the face in the crowd, that one face that I'd just thought about.
Date submitted:Thu, 12 Jun 2014 17:30:27 +0000Coincidence ID:7610
