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December 1977

Tell It like It Is

I DON'T LIKE euphemisms. Salisbury steak, even when garnished with a discouraged bit of parsley, is still hamburger as far as I'm concerned. And leprosy is no less ugly when called Hansen's disease. By the same token, more than slightly ridiculous to me is a full-grown man inquiring about the little boys' room.

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