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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: How can we get our messy little boys excused from formal lunches?

9 November 2024

9:00 AM

9 November 2024

9:00 AM

Q. To my surprise I have been asked to give a eulogy at the funeral of someone I knew only quite well. I accepted more out of embarrassment than for any other reason but I will feel rather bogus delivering this encomium when there will be much closer friends present who may rightly be annoyed by my taking on this commission.

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