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Jonathan Lethem on Dylan Abraham Lincoln grew his beard - the first worn by an American president - between his election and his swearing-in. Things Have Changed, I believe the message was. Similarly, Bob Dylan grew that funny little Clark Gable mustache before being awarded his Oscar but some time since the last time you'd had a good look at his face up close. Only, when was it that you'd had a good look at his face up close? And were you really having one during the Oscars, at that triple remove, peering through your television to watch a crowd of movie stars watching Dylan beamed in like an astronaut from the outback? And yet, for the yearning seemingly beamed back at him by those movie stars - certainly for the yearning and love beamed back at him through screens and across time zones from