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4 comments:
I'm always impressed by your knowledge, but you surpassed yourself by remembering an article from 1974...and then finding it! Brain specialists would be impressed by the filing system in your memory, and I'd be impressed by the filing system in your office!
Great article and links too, by the way.
A fascinating find! Thanks so much for sharing.
THANK YOU for posting this. I read it when it first appeared and it made a deep impression on me. Until then I'd never thought to connect the crime shows and paperback thrillers I loved with anything else in Western culture. (I was 13 at the time, so that's my excuse.) Anyway, it's postings like this one that really add to my enjoyment of this blog. Thanks again.
Rest in peace, Lt. Columbo
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