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... asked her what I was going to do now that I had finished college . My mother told her the truth , to the un- disguised disgust of the old lady . " Raisin ' chickens , is it ? " she said in a rich brogue and a tone of deep disgust ...
... asked her what I was going to do now that I had finished college . My mother told her the truth , to the un- disguised disgust of the old lady . " Raisin ' chickens , is it ? " she said in a rich brogue and a tone of deep disgust ...
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... asked me . " I don't even like his spelling . " Mr. Fadiman , who knew French and had spent a year in Paris as a postgraduate student , was taken aback . He asked what was wrong with the spelling . I said that the French spelled it ...
... asked me . " I don't even like his spelling . " Mr. Fadiman , who knew French and had spent a year in Paris as a postgraduate student , was taken aback . He asked what was wrong with the spelling . I said that the French spelled it ...
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... asked . Curiously , I was asked quite often to do magazine pieces and I don't recall turning down any good offers until I became so involved with Information Please and other activities during World War II that I had no time for such ...
... asked . Curiously , I was asked quite often to do magazine pieces and I don't recall turning down any good offers until I became so involved with Information Please and other activities during World War II that I had no time for such ...
Contents
MYSELF WHEN YOUNG I | 1 |
THE NEWSPAPER GAME | 17 |
HOBNOBBING WITH CHAMPIONS | 31 |
Copyright | |
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