text: If Birdwhistell , in his travels , had been looking not for smiles but for smirks , Chatterbox strongly suspects he would have found lots of them on the smile-barren East Coast , especially in the vicinity of its prep schools and Ivy League universities . Here 's a thought Summon up a mental image of Ali McGraw , the smirkiest performer in the history of the movies .
  
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  In the East Coast Birdwhistell would have been received with no shortage of smiles .