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【Observing that he was still concerned, she asked him, “If it's so important that I look all right in Dallas, why do I have to be blown around in a motorcade first?” He knew why. Exposure, like patronage, was a source of political strength. You had to move through crowds. And you had to move slowly. He remembered a sardonic El Paso letter after his trip there last June: “We enjoyed you going by in your jet.” Nevertheless he had always been a bear for detail, and he tried to do something about this one;twice on the day before their departure for Texas he telephoned Pamela Turnure, his wife's press secretary, to discuss the First Lady's hair. 】

1.what does "a sardonic El Paso letter"mean? does "we enjoyed you going by in your jet" mean "people don't want to see him in the motorcade?"

2. does "been a bear for detail" mean "care for detail" or
"he could stand detail?"

3.does "he tried to do something about this one" mean "he tried to do something about the detail?"

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3 questions about a passage
【Observing that he was still concerned, she asked him, “If it's so important that I look all right in Dallas, why do I have to be blown around in a motorcade first?” He knew why. Exposure, like patronage, was a source of political strength. You had to move through crowds. And you had to move slowly. He remembered a sardonic El Paso letter after his trip there last June: “We enjoyed you going by in your jet.” Nevertheless he had always been a bear for detail, and he tried to do something about this one;twice on the day before their departure for Texas he telephoned Pamela Turnure, his wife's press secretary, to discuss the First Lady's hair. 】

1.what does "a sardonic El Paso letter"mean?  does "we enjoyed you going by in your jet" mean "people don't want to see him in the motorcade?"

2. does "been a bear for detail" mean "care for detail" or 
"he could stand detail?"

3.does "he tried to do something about this one" mean "he tried to do something about the detail?"

Answer

"We enjoyed you going by in your jet" is the sardonic comment - the letter write is saying he moved so fast through El Paso that it's like he was flying past in a jet.  He didn't take his time to let the people see him.

"bear for detail" means he cares about detail.

I think "this one" is a detail, and the detail is the First Lady's hair - it's important to him that it look good.

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