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July 1979

Once Over Lightly

Sense and nonsense on the road to recovery

SPEAKING OF STREETS, Ronald M. of Indiana tells about a skid-row derelict who was panhandling there one day and made the mistake of soliciting a stern-looking, impeccably dressed businessman. "You've got your nerve, begging from the public!" snapped the outraged pedestrian. "Why, you don't even pay any taxes!"

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