The management's method of procedure is evidently to hire some well-known man to write the book, and then, as… — Dorothy Parker
The management's method of procedure is evidently to hire some well-known man to write the book, and then, as soon as it is written, to give it away to some deserving family, and go out and engage an assortment of specialty acts. p. 151
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