



When/wrb Bobbie/np Evans/np smashed/vbd up/rp his/pp$ car/nn ,/, the/at Jaguar/np his/pp$ wife/nn Linda/np had/hvd given/vbn him/ppo for/in his/pp$ last/ap birthday/nn ,/, and/cc himself/ppl quite/ql thoroughly/rb with/in it/ppo ,/, driving/vbg back/rb from/in an/at afternoon's/nn$ golf/nn at/in Oakmont/np ,/, it/pps seemed/vbd to/to mark/vb the/at end/nn of/in a/at long/jj ,/, miswritten/vbn chapter/nn in/in the/at social/jj life/nn of/in the/at community/nn ./.
Linda/np looked/vbd remote/jj yet/rb lovely/jj in/in black/jj ,/, and/cc everyone/pn held/vbd his/pp$ or/cc her/pp$ breath/nn ./.


	Not/* that/cs Linda/np was/bedz heartless/jj ,/, not/* that/cs she/pps would/md do/do anything/pn prematurely/rb or/cc in/in bad/jj taste/nn any/dti more/rbr than/cs John/np Cooper/np would/md ./.
Hadn't/hvd* Linda/np been/ben a/at perfect/jj wife/nn to/in Bobbie/np ,/, who/wps was/bedz the/at least/ap bit/nn of/in a/at disappointment/nn all/abn these/dts years/nns ?/. ?/.


	Wasn't/bedz* John/np Cooper/np even/ql more/ql attractive/jj at/in forty-seven/cd than/cs he/pps had/hvd been/ben twenty-five/cd years/nns earlier/rbr ?/. ?/.
And/cc wasn't/bedz* John's/np$ wife/nn ,/, Edythe/np ,/, even/ql more/ql appalling/jj ,/, if/cs possible/jj ?/. ?/.
Didn't/dod* John/np Cooper/np ,/, after/in all/abn this/dt time/nn ,/, deserve/vb something/pn better/jjr of/in life/nn ?/. ?/.
Wasn't/bedz* it/pps adult/jj and/cc realistic/jj to/to look/vb at/in it/ppo that/dt way/nn ?/. ?/.
And/cc romantic/jj ?/. ?/.


	Everybody/pn knew/vbd that/cs John/np Cooper/np had/hvd married/vbn Edythe/np on/in the/at rebound/nn ./.
It/pps was/bedz the/at kind/nn of/in thing/nn that/wps could/md ruin/vb a/at man's/nn$ life/nn ,/, and/cc it/pps was/bedz a/at tribute/nn to/in John's/np$ strength/nn of/in character/nn and/cc very/ql real/jj business/nn ability/nn that/cs it/pps hadn't/hvd* ruined/vbn his/pp$$ ./.
``/`` Of/in course/nn ,/, there/ex was/bedz nothing/pn you/ppss could/md do/do ,/, but/cc you/ppss still/rb ought/md to/to be/be ashamed/jj of/in yourself/ppl for/in letting/vbg it/pps happen/vb ''/'' ,/, Mousie/np Chandler/np said/vbd to/in Linda/np Stuart/np ./.
``/`` Poor/jj John/np ''/'' !/. !/.
Linda/np accepted/vbd the/at reproach/nn ,/, which/wdt was/bedz something/pn she/pps did/dod rarely/rb in/in all/abn her/pp$ life/nn and/cc most/ql rarely/rb in/in that/dt summer/nn of/in 1936/cd when/wrb she/pps was/bedz by/in all/abn odds/nns the/at prettiest/jjt and/cc brightest/jjt young/jj woman/nn west/nr of/in the/at Allegheny/np-tl Mountains/nns-tl ,/, and/cc John/np was/bedz surely/rb one/pn of/in the/at handsomer/jjr and/cc brighter/jjr young/jj men/nns around/in Pittsburgh/np ./.


	For/cs it/pps had/hvd been/ben John/np and/cc Linda/np ever/rb since/cs she/pps had/hvd come/vbn out/rp two/cd seasons/nns before/rb at/in the/at Golf/nn-tl Club/nn-tl to/in the/at goggle-eyed/jj admiration/nn not/* only/rb of/in the/at stag/nn line/nn but/cc even/rb of/in her/pp$ fellow/nn debs/nns ./.
John/np had/hvd claimed/vbn her/ppo from/in the/at stag/nn line/nn ,/, a/at young/jj man/nn a/at year/nn out/in of/in Dartmouth/np with/in skiing/vbg crinkles/nns still/rb around/in his/pp$ eyes/nns ./.


	You/ppss saw/vbd them/ppo always/rb together/rb those/dts years/nns ./.
You/ppss talked/vbd about/in John-and-Linda/nps as/cs an/at entity/nn ./.
John-and-Linda/nps were/bed at/in Longue/np Vue/np last/ap night/nn ;/. ;/.
John-and-Linda/nps drove/vbd to/in Conneaut/np in/in three/cd and/cc a/at half/abn hours/nns ./.
Then/rb there/ex was/bedz a/at spat/nn over/in something/pn ,/, as/cs there/ex had/hvd been/ben lovers'/nns$ spats/nns before/rb ;/. ;/.
only/rb this/dt one/pn didn't/dod* heal/vb ./.


	You/ppss still/rb said/vbd ``/`` John-and-Linda/nps ''/'' ,/, but/cc as/cs if/cs you/ppss were/bed speaking/vbg of/in a/at national/jj catastrophe/nn such/jj as/cs the/at depression/nn or/cc Dillinger/np ./.
It/pps got/vbd worse/jjr instead/rb of/in better/rbr ./.
First/od ,/, it/pps came/vbd out/rp after/cs Mr./np Cooper's/np$ will/nn was/bedz settled/vbn --/-- he/pps had/hvd died/vbn the/at year/nn before/rb --/-- that/cs John/np and/cc his/pp$ mother/nn weren't/bed* rich/jj any/dti more/rbr ./.
And/cc then/rb there/ex was/bedz Linda's/np$ engagement/nn to/in Bobbie/np Evans/np ./.


	There/ex was/bedz no/at connection/nn between/in the/at two/cd events/nns ,/, because/cs Bobbie/np wasn't/bedz* rich/jj ,/, either/rb ,/, though/cs he/pps was/bedz more/ql aggressive/jj than/cs John/np ./.
He/pps was/bedz a/at bright/jj and/cc handsome/jj young/jj man/nn from/in New/jj-tl York/np-tl ,/, who/wps worked/vbd for/in the/at same/ap steel/nn company/nn as/cs John/np did/dod ./.


	Some/dti people/nns said/vbd Linda/np had/hvd just/rb announced/vbn the/at engagement/nn to/to jolt/vb John/np into/in some/dti action/nn ,/, but/cc when/wrb John/np came/vbd home/nr from/in a/at business/nn trip/nn to/in Cleveland/np with/in Edythe/np ,/, with/in Edythe/np his/pp$ bride/nn ,/, it/pps could/md no/at longer/jjr be/be John-and-Linda/nps even/rb to/in sentimental/jj wishful/jj thinkers/nns ./.
It/pps wasn't/bedz* even/rb John/np and/cc Edythe/np ./.
It/pps was/bedz simply/rb Poor/jj-tl John/np-tl ./.


	There/ex was/bedz nothing/pn specifically/rb wrong/jj with/in Edythe/np ,/, but/cc there/ex was/bedz absolutely/rb nothing/pn right/jj about/in her/ppo either/rb ./.
Mousie/np Chandler/np had/hvd been/ben to/in school/nn with/in her/ppo someplace/rb near/in Baltimore/np and/cc tried/vbd to/to explain/vb rather/rb than/cs defend/vb her/pp$ to/to the/at gang/nn having/hvg lunch/nn at/in Horne's/np$ ./.


	``/`` Well/uh ,/, you/ppss shouldn't/md* underestimate/vb Edythe/np ''/'' ,/, Mousie/np said/vbd ./.
``/`` I/ppss know/vb she/pps gives/vbz the/at impression/nn of/in being/beg shallow/jj and/cc frivolous/jj and/cc scatterbrained/jj ./.
She/pps is/bez frivolous/jj and/cc scatterbrained/jj ,/, but/cc she/pps really/rb isn't/bez* shallow/jj ''/'' ./.


	Bobbie/np and/cc Linda/np looked/vbd magnificent/jj at/in their/pp$ wedding/nn ./.
John/np was/bedz at/in the/at church/nn with/in Edythe/np ./.
She/pps giggled/vbd during/in the/at ceremony/nn ,/, and/cc Mousie/np Chandler/np ,/, who/wps was/bedz one/pn of/in Linda's/np$ bridesmaids/nns ,/, said/vbd John/np glared/vbd black/jj as/cs death/nn at/in her/ppo ./.
``/`` As/cs if/cs he/pps were/bed choking/vbg ''/'' ,/, she/pps said/vbd ./.
``/`` Poor/jj John/np ''/'' !/. !/.


	Edythe/np settled/vbd down/rp to/to become/vb a/at social/jj myth/nn and/cc a/at horrible/jj example/nn ./.
Her/pp$ hair/nn never/rb seemed/vbd to/to be/be in/in place/nn and/cc her/pp$ skirts/nns were/bed never/rb quite/abl the/at correct/jj length/nn ./.
She/pps didn't/dod* have/hv a/at bad/jj shape/nn when/wrb you/ppss caught/vbd her/ppo at/in the/at pool/nn at/in Longue/np Vue/np ,/, but/cc her/pp$ bathing/vbg suits/nns were/bed far/rb from/in smart/jj ./.
And/cc you/ppss didn't/dod* see/vb her/ppo much/rb at/in Longue/np Vue/np or/cc anywhere/rb ,/, for/cs John/np had/hvd drifted/vbn away/rb from/in the/at gang/nn ./.
Mousie/np said/vbd it/pps was/bedz because/cs he/pps was/bedz too/ql proud/jj to/to stand/vb pity/nn ./.
Others/nns thought/vbd he/pps couldn't/md* stand/vb seeing/vbg Linda/np ,/, Mrs./np Bobbie/np Evans/np ,/, still/rb so/ql beautiful/jj ,/, so/ql much/rb in/in command/nn of/in everything/pn ./.


	There/ex were/bed less-dramatic/jj reasons/nns too/rb ./.
John's/np$ mother/nn died/vbd not/* long/jj after/in his/pp$ marriage/nn ,/, and/cc there/ex was/bedz even/rb less/ap Cooper/np money/nn left/vbn ./.
John/np sold/vbd the/at big/jj old/jj place/nn in/in Sewickley/np and/cc bought/vbd a/at smaller/jjr house/nn in/in Fox/nn-tl Chapel/nn-tl ./.
He/pps was/bedz not/* reduced/vbn to/in poverty/nn ,/, but/cc his/pp$ job/nn at/in the/at steel/nn company/nn had/hvd become/vbn a/at real/jj job/nn and/cc not/* a/at method/nn of/in passing/vbg the/at day/nn ./.


	John/np was/bedz good/jj at/in his/pp$ job/nn ./.
It/pps probably/rb wasn't/bedz* hard/jj for/in him/ppo to/to keep/vb his/pp$ nose/nn to/in the/at grindstone/nn with/in nothing/pn but/cc Edythe/np to/to come/vb home/nr to/in ./.
Though/cs that/dt may/md be/be unfair/jj since/cs Ben/np Cooper/np ,/, John's/np$ first/od son/nn ,/, came/vbd along/rb early/rb in/in 1938/cd ,/, the/at cutest/jjt baby/nn you/ppss ever/rb saw/vbd and/cc a/at blessing/nn that/cs he/pps looked/vbd all/abn Cooper/np from/in fontanel/nn to/in pink/jj toes/nns ,/, nary/abn a/at trace/nn of/in Edythe/np ./.


	But/cc the/at continuing/vbg charm/nn of/in the/at other/ap children/nns --/-- Sally/np in/in 1940/cd and/cc Jack/np in/in 1944/cd --/-- and/cc all/abn John's/np$ success/nn at/in his/pp$ work/nn only/rb made/vbd Edythe's/np$ dizziness/nn and/cc general/jj uselessness/nn more/ql glaring/vbg ./.
She/pps never/rb could/md fit/vb into/in a/at crowd/nn which/wdt had/hvd known/vbn ,/, which/wdt still/rb knew/vbd and/cc admired/vbd Linda/np ./.


	When/wrb there/ex was/bedz bridge/nn at/in Edythe's/np$ house/nn ,/, the/at cards/nns shuffled/vbd like/cs wet/jj graham/nn crackers/nns and/cc the/at food/nn probably/rb was/bedz wet/jj graham/nn crackers/nns ./.
She/pps managed/vbd a/at missionary/nn drive/nn for/in the/at church/nn once/rb and/cc got/vbd the/at books/nns so/ql confused/vbn that/ql old/jj Mr./np Webber/np ,/, the/at eldest/jjt elder/nn ,/, who'd/wps+hvd never/rb donated/vbn more/ap than/in five/cd dollars/nns to/in anything/pn ,/, had/hvd to/to cough/vb up/rp five/cd hundred/cd dollars/nns to/to avoid/vb a/at scandal/nn in/in what/wdt Edythe/np called/vbd ``/`` the/at bosoms/nns of/in the/at church/nn ''/'' ./.
John/np did/dod find/vb the/at missing/vbg checks/nns and/cc money/nn afterward/rb ,/, and/cc the/at drive/nn was/bedz actually/rb oversubscribed/vbn ,/, which/wdt was/bedz a/at real/jj bit/nn of/in luck/nn for/in the/at missionaries/nns ./.




Being/beg an/at intelligent/jj man/nn ,/, John/np must/md have/hv guessed/vbn what/wdt everyone/pn thought/vbd about/in Edythe/np ,/, but/cc he/pps never/rb let/vbd on/rp by/in so/ql much/ap as/cs a/at brave/jj smile/nn ./.
Poor/jj John/np was/bedz the/at kind/nn of/in stock/nn that/wps keeps/vbz a/at bargain/nn without/in whimpering/vbg and/cc maybe/rb bends/vbz over/rp backward/rb to/to keep/vb a/at bad/jj one/pn ./.
He/pps was/bedz an/at attentive/jj and/cc generous/jj husband/nn ,/, overgenerous/jj ,/, a/at lot/nn of/in people/nns felt/vbd ,/, because/cs they/ppss knew/vbd that/cs money/nn must/md be/be a/at problem/nn to/in him/ppo ./.
But/cc he/pps got/vbd ahead/rb in/in business/nn :/: on/in leave/nn from/in his/pp$ job/nn to/in an/at important/jj Washington/np assignment/nn during/in the/at war/nn ;/. ;/.
after/in the/at war/nn back/rb to/in the/at heir/nn apparency/nn of/in the/at steel/nn company/nn ./.


	The/at Coopers/nps saw/vbd Bobbie/np and/cc Linda/np socially/rb ,/, but/cc no/at more/rbr than/cs was/bedz necessary/jj ./.
Bobbie/np had/hvd been/ben successful/jj ,/, too/rb ,/, though/cs he/pps didn't/dod* match/vb John's/np$ pace/nn ,/, and/cc after/in all/abn he/pps didn't/dod* need/vb to/to ,/, with/in all/abn the/at Stuart/np money/nn ./.
He/pps and/cc Linda/np settled/vbd down/rp to/in being/beg social/jj leaders/nns ,/, and/cc Linda/np managed/vbd to/to look/vb a/at little/ql more/ql beautiful/jj each/dt year/nn ./.


	And/cc then/rb came/vbd the/at hairpin/nn turn/nn ,/, the/at smashed/vbn Jaguar/np and/cc Linda/np ,/, mourning/vbg alone/rb and/cc lovely/jj ./.


	Everyone/pn held/vbd his/pp$ or/cc her/pp$ breath/nn ./.


	``/`` Don't/do* think/vb Linda/np couldn't/md* have/hv got/vbn John/np back/rb any/dti time/nn ,/, if/cs she'd/pps+hvd tried/vbn ''/'' ,/, Mousie/np Gordon/np ,/, who/wps had/hvd been/ben Mousie/np Chandler/np ,/, said/vbd between/in bites/nns of/in a/at chicken/nn sandwich/nn at/in a/at luncheon/nn table/nn at/in Le/np Mont/np ./.
``/`` Now/rb you/ppss know/vb she/pps could've/md+hv ,/, but/cc she/pps isn't/bez* that/dt kind/nn of/in girl/nn ./.
But/cc now/rb --/-- well/uh ,/, it/pps would/md be/be a/at blessing/nn ,/, I/ppss think/vb ./.
Poor/jj John/np ''/'' ./.


	Linda/np Evans/np felt/vbd more/ql wretched/jj than/cs she/pps had/hvd ever/rb dreamed/vbn Bobbie's/np$ death/nn could/md move/vb her/ppo to/in feeling/vbg ./.
What/wdt she/pps felt/vbd was/bedz a/at bone-deep/jj loss/nn with/in a/at sense/nn of/in waste/nn to/in it/ppo ,/, not/* so/ql much/ap sorrow/nn for/in handsome/jj ,/, ambitious/jj Bobbie/np ,/, but/cc for/in the/at lost/vbn years/nns that/wps had/hvd been/ben brought/vbn into/in high/jj relief/nn by/in his/pp$ death/nn ./.


	She/pps knew/vbd what/wdt people/nns were/bed thinking/vbg ;/. ;/.
it/pps was/bedz what/wdt she/pps had/hvd been/ben thinking/vbg herself/ppl ./.
It/pps was/bedz up/rp to/in her/ppo to/to save/vb Poor/jj-tl John/np-tl ,/, dear/jj John/np ,/, to/to undo/vb the/at wrong/jj she/pps had/hvd done/vbn ,/, but/cc she/pps trembled/vbd at/in the/at decision/nn as/cs at/in the/at brink/nn of/in a/at cold/jj stream/nn ./.


	There/ex was/bedz no/at one/pn who/wps would/md blame/vb her/ppo or/cc John/np ;/. ;/.
she/pps could/md be/be sure/jj of/in that/dt ./.
It/pps might/md be/be rough/jj on/in Edythe/np at/in first/od ,/, but/cc Linda/np and/cc John/np between/in them/ppo could/md make/vb a/at settlement/nn handsome/jj enough/qlp to/to soothe/vb her/ppo ,/, to/to send/vb her/ppo back/rb to/in Cleveland/np or/cc anywhere/rb ./.
And/cc Linda/np felt/vbd capable/jj of/in capturing/vbg the/at affection/nn of/in the/at children/nns ,/, anxious/jj even/rb ,/, since/cs she/pps and/cc Bobbie/np had/hvd had/hvn none/pn of/in their/pp$ own/jj ./.
It/pps would/md be/be good/jj for/in them/ppo to/to have/hv a/at mother/nn they/ppss need/md not/* be/be ashamed/jj of/in ./.


	Linda/np would/md have/hv to/to wait/vb ,/, she/pps knew/vbd ./.
But/cc what/wdt was/bedz a/at decent/jj six/cd months/nns or/cc so/rb after/cs the/at more/ap than/in twenty/cd years/nns gone/vbn by/rb ?/. ?/.
Years/nns of/in watching/vbg while/cs Poor/jj-tl John/np-tl struggled/vbd without/in the/at help/nn and/cc understanding/nn of/in the/at kind/nn of/in wife/nn a/at man/nn needed/vbd to/to get/vb ahead/rb ./.
Of/in course/nn ,/, he/pps had/hvd done/vbn wonders/nns ./.




Alloy/nn steels/nns and/cc regular/jj steels/nns had/hvd different/jj sales/nns departments/nns at/in Smith/np-tl &/cc-tl MacIsaacs/np-tl ,/, where/wrb John/np and/cc Bobbie/np both/abx worked/vbd ./.
Bobbie/np had/hvd been/ben head/nn of/in the/at alloy/nn division/nn ,/, while/cs John/np was/bedz just/rb another/dt good/nn salesman/nn in/in the/at regular/jj branch/nn ./.
So/cs when/wrb old/jj Mr./np Lovejoy/np ,/, the/at company/nn president/nn ,/, talked/vbd about/in putting/vbg in/in a/at single/ap sales/nns manager/nn for/in both/abx branches/nns after/in the/at head/nn of/in the/at regular/jj steels/nns had/hvd gone/vbn with/in Carnegie-Illinois/np ,/, it/pps looked/vbd like/cs the/at perfect/jj chance/nn for/in Bobbie/np ./.
For/cs Linda/np knew/vbd how/wrb to/to help/vb her/pp$ husband/nn ,/, not/* just/rb the/at Stuart-family/jj contacts/nns but/cc also/rb the/at little/jj dinners/nns for/in Reuben/np Lovejoy/np ./.


	She/pps was/bedz almost/ql sick/jj when/wrb Bobbie/np came/vbd home/nr with/in the/at news/nn that/cs Poor/jj-tl John/np-tl had/hvd won/vbn the/at job/nn ./.
``/`` What/wdt did/dod you/ppo do/do ''/'' ?/. ?/.
She/pps asked/vbd Bobbie/np ./.
``/`` You/ppss must/md have/hv done/vbn something/pn ,/, something/pn wrong/jj ./.
Lord/nn-tl knows/vbz I/ppss had/hvd everything/pn set/vbn for/in you/ppo ''/'' ./.


	Bobbie/np said/vbd something/pn about/in damned/vbn Pittsburghers/nps sticking/vbg together/rb ,/, and/cc Linda/np got/vbd angry/jj at/in him/ppo ./.
They/ppss had/hvd their/pp$ first/od real/jj fight/nn ,/, and/cc Bobbie/np went/vbd off/rp to/to get/vb drunk/jj ./.


	Linda/np dragooned/vbd her/pp$ uncle/nn ,/, Donald/np Murkland/np ,/, into/in a/at lunch/nn the/at next/ap day/nn to/to find/vb out/rp what/wdt had/hvd happened/vbn ./.
He/pps was/bedz a/at director/nn of/in S./np-tl &/cc-tl M./np-tl and/cc must/md have/hv been/ben in/in on/in the/at decision/nn ./.
But/cc jolly/jj old/jj Uncle/nn-tl Donald/np would/md tell/vb her/ppo no/rb more/ap than/cs that/cs Bobbie/np had/hvd certainly/rb been/ben considered/vbn for/in the/at job/nn ,/, but/cc there/ex were/bed factors/nns in/in a/at large/jj company/nn which/wdt outsiders/nns and/cc even/rb some/dti insiders/nns couldn't/md* understand/vb ./.


	He/pps didn't/dod* tell/vb her/ppo of/in the/at long/jj board/nn meeting/nn where/wrb Bobbie/np and/cc John/np were/bed weighed/vbn one/pn against/in the/at other/ap ./.


	``/`` I'm/ppss+bem behind/in John/np Cooper/np ''/'' ,/, Mr./np Lovejoy/np said/vbd finally/rb ./.
``/`` I/ppss think/vb we're/ppss+ber agreed/vbn that/cs he/pps and/cc Evans/np are/ber equal/jj in/in ability/nn ,/, so/cs we/ppss have/hv to/to look/vb at/in the/at thing/nn in/in terms/nns of/in incentive/nn ./.


	``/`` Now/rb ,/, I/ppss believe/vb Poor/jj-tl John'll/np+md work/vb just/rb a/at little/ap harder/rbr ./.
With/in that/dt wife/nn of/in his/pp$$ ,/, I/ppss think/vb he/pps feels/vbz every/at chance/nn he/pps gets/vbz is/bez his/pp$ big/jj chance/nn ./.
Bobbie/np ,/, with/in Linda/np behind/in him/ppo ,/, will/md have/hv plenty/nn of/in other/ap opportunities/nns ./.
And/cc also/rb ,/, the/at money/nn can't/md* mean/vb as/ql much/rb to/in Bobbie/np ./.


	``/`` Bobbie/np will/md take/vb the/at job/nn as/cs his/pp$ just/jj reward/nn and/cc work/vb hard/rb at/in it/ppo ;/. ;/.
Poor/jj-tl John/np will/md take/vb it/ppo as/cs a/at miracle/nn and/cc have/hv every/at other/ap independent/jj steel/nn company/nn sitting/vbg up/rp nights/nns worrying/vbg about/in us/ppo ''/'' ./.


	Most/ap of/in the/at directors/nns nodded/vbd ./.
Uncle/np Donald/np Murkland/np found/vbd himself/ppl nodding/vbg agreement/nn too/rb ./.


	After/cs the/at surprise/nn was/bedz over/rp ,/, Linda/np was/bedz almost/ql as/ql pleased/vbn as/cs anyone/pn with/in John's/np$ good/jj luck/nn ,/, though/cs she/pps agreed/vbd with/in Bobbie's/np$ decision/nn some/dti months/nns later/rbr to/to move/vb to/in Funk/np-tl Furnaces/nns-tl ./.
The/at job/nn at/in Funk/np wasn't/bedz* particularly/ql better/jjr ,/, but/cc it/pps got/vbd him/ppo away/rb from/in being/beg subordinate/jj to/in John/np and/cc assured/vbd him/ppo steady/jj advancement/nn ,/, since/cs Funk/np was/bedz owned/vbn to/in a/at large/jj degree/nn by/in various/jj branches/nns of/in Linda's/np$ family/nn ./.


	Poor/jj-tl John's/np$-tl rise/nn continued/vbd to/to be/be meteoric/jj ./.
When/wrb he/pps was/bedz made/vbn a/at vice/nn president/nn only/rb a/at year/nn after/in the/at new/jj sales/nns job/nn ,/, a/at leading/vbg business/nn magazine/nn ran/vbd his/pp$ photograph/nn with/in a/at brief/jj biography/nn in/in a/at series/nn on/in national/jj business/nn leaders/nns of/in the/at future/nn ./.

