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... story . Many can be seen to contain each of the three elements of our phylogenetic theory : ridicule , wit ( plays on words ) , and suppression laugh- ter . The Reader's Digest quotes Louis Azariel's story about Charles Coburn , the ...
... story . Many can be seen to contain each of the three elements of our phylogenetic theory : ridicule , wit ( plays on words ) , and suppression laugh- ter . The Reader's Digest quotes Louis Azariel's story about Charles Coburn , the ...
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... story is untrue ; the third hermit's remark is patently unreasonable , too ; still , one could argue that the story is true to the spirit of the ascetic life , which it merely exaggerates to an incredible degree ; viewed from any of ...
... story is untrue ; the third hermit's remark is patently unreasonable , too ; still , one could argue that the story is true to the spirit of the ascetic life , which it merely exaggerates to an incredible degree ; viewed from any of ...
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... story to other situations . They called it an " adventure story , " a " war story , " they dis- cussed the dramatic highlights with great interest , but treated the explicit appeal attached to the incident either as if it had not ...
... story to other situations . They called it an " adventure story , " a " war story , " they dis- cussed the dramatic highlights with great interest , but treated the explicit appeal attached to the incident either as if it had not ...
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