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  • In almost every instance he promptly wastes his winnings - on one occasion he buys a car, on another a house - as if profligacy were the only acceptable way to dispose of such tainted funds: If, I thought, I want new storm windows to replace the old ones on my house which are almost totally rotted, I have to accept the prize, and so I had decided to take the Wildgans

    NYT > Home Page By DALE PECK 2010

  • In almost every instance he promptly wastes his winnings - on one occasion he buys a car, on another a house - as if profligacy were the only acceptable way to dispose of such tainted funds: If, I thought, I want new storm windows to replace the old ones on my house which are almost totally rotted, I have to accept the prize, and so I had decided to take the Wildgans

    NYT > Global Home By DALE PECK 2010

  • In almost every instance he promptly wastes his winnings - on one occasion he buys a car, on another a house - as if profligacy were the only acceptable way to dispose of such tainted funds: If, I thought, I want new storm windows to replace the old ones on my house which are almost totally rotted, I have to accept the prize, and so I had decided to take the Wildgans

    NYT > Home Page By DALE PECK 2010

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