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knew the feeling of age and be feat, depending on the point of view. Professor Szulkin asked the group what victories they could count The Southerner said he and his partner had business victories and if it were an especially good one they had an expression to describe it: "We say, We done cut a fat The Trenchant Man said, "Someone else is always defining what is a victory. Then there is the next game," with not much time to savor the victory just won. Another said victory was the time his company kicked out a tough union. In Night Flight, protagonist Riviere is feeling tired.

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Do you think nhrmt the oossibilitv there will be no more promotions for btrangeiy, mere was uu answer. Lottor continued. "What do you say to people who work for you about promotions?" The Southerner tells people who work for him that the company is growing; therefore everyone's job will grow as the company grows. Then the Southerner went back to a previous story, "Shooting an Elephant," in which Orwell writes that a sahib must act like a sahib. Some time ago the Southerner told employees there was no need for them to arrive for work in CONTEMPORARY AND COUNTRY SOLID HARDWOOD 1-UHNl une 69 Wi niCT CFT PRIHF fc ALL 4 PIECES TABLE, 2 CHAIRS AND BLACKBOARDEASEL All with wasnacie nnisn ana nara- '-sg Avoilahlp KD fnr UPS lu-o.

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