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...Says he: "You will discover a great deal of evasion and refusal in my story. . . . There is a sort of journalistic legend that I am a person of boundless enthusiasm and energy. Nothing could be further from the reality. For all my desire to be interested I have to confess that for most things and people I don't care a damn. Writing numbers of books and articles is evidence not of energy but of sedentary habits." He speaks gratefully of "the pleasures, the very real pleasures, of vanity." He regards himself in the same breath as normal...
...Because of events with which we are all familiar, there exists today, I regret to confess, evidence of misunderstanding between many of our country's bankers and those whose duty and responsibility it is to administer the affairs of the country...
...second team of the Perfidious Parkers, numbering nearly one hundred, has been cordially invited to meet the T-and-T boys for a friendly match. With innate courtesy, the jayvees confess their reluctance to refuse the beautifully engraved and tastefully colored invitation cards which have been distributed to them...
...Dickinson's statement that in his consulting work he has found a great increase in the number of engaged couples who confess pre-nuptial relations, should be evaluated in the light of the fact that in recent years he has become a world-renowned leader of medical research concerning birth control. Dr. Dearborn is a psychologist who helps people with their mental troubles...
...only -- they simply stand there. Of the artists who disrobed at intervals in the program, perhaps the most alluring was Miss Joan Dare, but other members of the audience loudly held that Miss Nora (Hotcha) Ford outstripped them all. As for their vocal efforts at popular songs, one must confess that while those heard were sweet, those unheard were sweeter...