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The Slice archive for July 14, 2014

MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014

Possibly a new record 

The little girl I overheard in the Albertsons on 37th just a few minutes ago might well be the youngest child I have ever heard say "Oh, my God." I suspect she first learned to speak this spring. The mother didn't react. Something tells me…

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General assignment memories No. 19 

Long ago and far away, I got assigned a story about a controversy at a local Catholic church. It seems so innocent now. It all started or at least came to a head when, during a Sunday sermon, a priest got annoyed about a crying…

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Multiple choice 

If Tennessee Williams had set "A Streetcar Named Desire" in Spokane instead of New Orleans, what would the title of the play have been? A) "A Streetcar Named Reliability." B) "A Streetcar Named Ennui." C) "A Streetcar Named Conformity." D) Other.

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