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Some people find all this hard to take. But most of Fielding's readers, who sense this atmosphere in the Guide, seem to like it because it gives them a feeling of clubbiness. Sophisticated travelers?or those who would like to seem sophisticated???would rather be caught in the Lido nightclub in Paris than be seen carrying Fielding's Guide (some leave it in the hotel room or carry it with a plain brown wrapper). As American tourists become more experienced, as travel becomes ever more natural and casual, Fielding will have to change or lose his popularity. But right...
...immediately got himself appointed research chief for the G.O.P.'s New York City mayoralty candidate, Jonah Goldstein, who was roundly whipped by Bill O'Dwyer. As a reward for his labors, the party offered Javits the nomination for Congress in the 21st District, an exceptionally HIerate, sophisticated???and Democratic?area which had attracted so many German-Jewish refugees from Hitler that part of it was nicknamed "the Fourth Reich." Espousing a resoundingly liberal line, Javits upset his closest competitor 46,897 to 40,652 in a three-way race...
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