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I believe you have the wrong number," said the old gentleman into the phone.
You'll have to call the weather bureau for that information....
I cannot read the fiery letters," said Frito Bugger in a quavering voice.
"No," said GoodGulf, "but I can....
I did some heavy research so as to be prepared for "Mommy, why is the sky blue?
HE asked me about black holes in space. (There's a hole *where*?...
I disapprove of the F-word, not because it's dirty, but because we use it as a substitute for thoughtful insults, and it frequently leads to violence.
What we ought to do, when we anger each othe...
I don't know what you mean by 'glory'," Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. "Of course you don't -- till I tell you....
I for one cannot protest the recent M.T.A. fare hike and the accompanying promises that this would in no way improve service.
For the transit system, as it now operates, has hidden advantages that ca...
I have examined Bogota," he said, "and the case is clearer to me.
I think very probably he might be cured." "That is what I have always hoped," said old Yacob....
I made it a rule to forbear all direct contradictions to the sentiments of others, and all positive assertion of my own.
I even forbade myself the use of every word or expression in the language tha...
I managed to say, "Sorry," and no more. I knew that he disliked me to cry.
This time he said, watching me, "On some occasions it is better to weep....
I paid a visit to my local precinct in Greenwich Village and asked a sergeant to show me some rape statistics.
He politely obliged. That month there had been thirty-five rape complaints, an advance o...

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