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Authors: Kristen Callihan

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hi
m
in
th
e
e
y
e
s
,
th
a
t
wa
s
th
e
trick
.
A
void
th
e
r
e
st
.
O
n
l
y
th
e
e
y
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s
.
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hos
e
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w
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wd
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tru
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e
v
e
r
cru
e
l
,
at
l
ea
st
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tow
a
rd
hi
m.
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r
.
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ll
a
c
e
’s
co
m
p
e
titors
w
e
r
e
a
noth
e
r
ma
tt
e
r
.

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wha
t
d
i
d
Maye
r
ca
r
e
f
o
r
l
ooks
or
oddities
such
as
M
r
.
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ll
ace
and
h
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s
i
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amous
cos
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ume?
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t
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men
w
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r
e
w
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i
n
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r
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a
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w
.
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o
r
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h
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s
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men
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ended
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r
unde
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s
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ood
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and
bank
i
ng
as
eas
il
y
as
h
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s
body
unde
r
s
t
ood
t
he
need
f
o
r
a
ir
.
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t
d
i
d
no
t
ma
tt
e
r
t
ha
t
he
cou
l
d
l
ook
at
a
company

s
fi
nanc
i
a
l
s
t
a
t
emen
t
s
and
know
p
r
ec
i
se
l
y
whe
r
e
t
he
weak
po
i
n
t
s
we
r
e
and
p
r
ec
i
se
l
y
how
t
o
fi
x
t
hem.
They
on
l
y
saw
an
un
tr
us
t
wo
rt
hy,
g
r
eedy
Jew.

 

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v
e
r
y
door
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n
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k
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been
s
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t
i
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h
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s
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e.
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n
t
i
l
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.
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a
c
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h
a
d
found
hi
m
a
nd
ma
d
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e
r
his
p
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rson
a
l
s
e
cr
e
t
a
ry
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j
a
ck
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of
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ll
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a
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.
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e
c
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tt
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v
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ry
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uch
to
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r
.
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ll
a
c
e.
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h
e
r
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st
,
as
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ll
a
c
e
wou
l
d
s
a
y
,
could
go
h
a
ng
.

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y
e
r
h
a
d
e
v
e
ntu
a
ll
y
been
forc
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d
to
a
d
m
it
to
hi
m
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lf
th
a
t
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r
.
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ll
a
c
e
wa
s
e
ntir
e
ly
singul
a
r
wh
e
n
it
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ame
to
busin
e
ss
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nd
fin
a
nc
e.
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o
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y
e
r l
ea
rn
e
d
wh
a
t
h
e
could
.
And
t
oge
t
h
er
t
h
ey
a
l
l
b
u
t
c
o
n
q
u
e
r
ed
N
ew
Y
o
r
k
.
W
h
i
c
h
w
as
r
ea
ll
y
quit
e
am
using
to
Ma
y
e
r
,
for
th
e
y
h
a
d
don
e
it
a
ll
b
e
hind
clos
e
d
doors
.
T
h
e
outsid
e
world
r
a
r
e
ly
s
e
t
e
y
e
s
on
Archib
a
ld
Wa
ll
a
c
e,
or
Arch
e
r
,
as
h
e
h
a
d
onc
e
h
ea
rd
G
ilroy
c
a
ll
hi
m.
And
th
e
ma
n
b
e
c
ame
m
yth
,
th
e
str
a
ng
e
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nglish
ge
n
t
l
e
m
an
w
h
o
h
ad
a
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n
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o
r
k
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i
t
y
as
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f
bo
r
n
f
r
om
th
e
s
ea
a
nd
cr
ea
t
e
d
an
em
pir
e
out
of
thin
air.

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