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Commodore in Arms. One Farbrigian, a mean, scraggy man who owns half the town, screeches at the commodore: "You'd better stop mountebanking round this town and clear out as soon as you can . . . There won't be a festival here . . . That's all." Another leading citizen d'gs into the commodore's naval record, finds it a sorry mess, and tries to bullyrag the old boy out of town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Foisting of Farbridge | 3/26/1951 | See Source »

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