Word: pepto
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Hughes. Does a young man long for success and a "strong character," he can imagine he is acquiring these things from the American Magazine. Does a harassed and ineffectual "white collar slave" crave some denial of the harshness of existence, he has but to turn to the sermonettes and pepto-optimism concocted daily by Dr. Frank Crane and his prolific school. The literature of escape may draw the sarcastic fire of the critics, for it is untrue, badly written and inspires false hopes, but for the common man it is often a godsend...