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15. I remember the look on my older daughter's face when her baby sister first spoke a sentence.

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 09:51 PM

Oct 2016

She couldn't have been more astonished if the dog asked for a piece of ham.

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In Tom Wolfe's 'Kingdom,' Speech Is The One Weird Trick [View all] rug Aug 2016 OP

Wolfe's mind now appears pretty pathetic muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #1

Electric Kool-Aid Acid. rug Aug 2016 #2

He saw the sales potential. Schema Thing Aug 2016 #3

Ah, could be. muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #4

all of the above? smdh Schema Thing Aug 2016 #10

I wonder if that Harper's article was an excerpt from this book. rug Aug 2016 #7

You're right, it is. I didn't see that footnote. Jim__ Aug 2016 #8

It's more likely he used that excerpt to promote the book. rug Aug 2016 #9

A reply to Wolfe's mocking essay. Jim__ Oct 2016 #12