Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who went to the same colleges; those from Queens are margin clerks in the back offices and they speak of friends who live in the same…

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ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy...

The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy...

Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility.

Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility.

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Media, the plural of mediocrity.

Media, the plural of mediocrity.

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvellous personality that started you...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvellous personality that started you...

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like...

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the...

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the...

If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only...

If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only...

Languages are true analytical methods. Algebra, the means of expression which is the simplest, most...

Languages are true analytical methods. Algebra, the means of expression which is the simplest, most...