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March 1974

Once Over Lightly

Sense and nonsense on the road to recovery

WE WONDER what conclusion the wife of a physician really came to in this tale. The good doctor had attended a reunion of Army buddies, from which he arrived home very sloshed and very late. The next day, a Sunday, he was both hung-over and in the doghouse. With double cunning, he asked his wife to go walking with him in the fresh air. In the course of their stroll along the street, they encountered a young woman who was heavily painted and flashily dressed. As they passed, she smiled and spoke to the doctor. Slightly flustered, he explained to his wife, "I met her professionally."

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