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unearths some literary gems.
From "Speaking of Counterweights," by E. B. White:
***I could have heard perfectly over the telephone if the “leg men,” as they were called, had simply talked in a natural way, but they were all keyed up and insisted on spelling everything in that “B for Boston,” “C for Chicago” style. I can’t grasp a word when it is spelled out—I have to hear the word itself, and think I am entitled to. Taking a story over the phone, I would get confused and write down the word “Boston” or the word “Chicago” and gradually lose the thread of the narrative.***The [Seattle] Times was in the habit of using feature stories about itself whenever it got the chance, which was every day. I never knew a newspaper to ramble on so about itself—it was as full of anecdote as a middle-aged author.
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