Back when the number of words used determined the cost of sending a telegram, often meant that some words were dropped as a means for economizing. A writer who wanted to know Cary Grant's age for a story he was writing sent a telegram: "How old Cary Grant?" Grant's answer to that question provided the closing quote for this column. He replied: "Old Cary Grant fine. How you?"
Now the disk jockey will take us back in time by playing "Long ago and far away," "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition," and "The band played on." We have to go buy tickets to see "Fear and Loathing in
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