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... once . " All the chairs are occupied . A lady walks in . Her eyes show that she has been crying . What should a polite man do ? " We answered that a polite man should , of course , offer her a chair at once . " And what should a man do ...
... once . " All the chairs are occupied . A lady walks in . Her eyes show that she has been crying . What should a polite man do ? " We answered that a polite man should , of course , offer her a chair at once . " And what should a man do ...
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... once to the commandant of the station . Three days later we read a story in a little Brest newspaper about an unusually bold burglary of a jewelry store in Vilna . The same day the commandant came up to Pokrovsky and asked him : " Did a ...
... once to the commandant of the station . Three days later we read a story in a little Brest newspaper about an unusually bold burglary of a jewelry store in Vilna . The same day the commandant came up to Pokrovsky and asked him : " Did a ...
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... once to Rozovsky about the passivity and laziness of Islam . He called my idea sheer nonsense . On the con- trary , he said , Islam was the most militant and fanatical of religions . Once a holy war was declared , once the Prophet's ...
... once to Rozovsky about the passivity and laziness of Islam . He called my idea sheer nonsense . On the con- trary , he said , Islam was the most militant and fanatical of religions . Once a holy war was declared , once the Prophet's ...
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