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+telemarketer
+it
+was
+one
+of
+those
+nameless
+gray
+buildings
+that
+could
+be
+seen
+from
+the
+street
+only
+if
+larry
+craned
+his
+neck
+to
+almost
+vertical
+he
+never
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+having
+heard
+when
+he
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+arrived
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+the
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+that
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+to
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+did
+so
+he'd
+never
+thought
+about
+it
+until
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+heard
+the
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+injunction
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+it
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+now
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+blue
+buses
+inside
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+the
+constant
+sound
+of
+recirculating
+dry
+air
+made
+larry
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+as
+though
+he
+were
+at
+some
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+in
+hell
+listening
+to
+the
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+or
+more
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+at
+a
+gift
+shop
+in
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+state
+in
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+as
+represented
+by
+the
+sound
+a
+conch
+shell
+makes
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+he
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+it
+up
+to
+his
+ear
+the
+buzz
+of
+the
+fluorescent
+bulbs
+overhead
+sounded
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+the
+hot
+sun
+bearing
+down
+all
+day
+in
+this
+metaphor
+a
+favorite
+of
+larry's
+his
+cubicle
+was
+made
+of
+that
+cheap
+grayish-blue
+plywood
+that
+cubicles
+are
+made
+of
+inside
+it
+his
+computer
+sat
+on
+his
+desk
+as
+larry
+liked
+to
+think
+an
+eagle
+perched
+on
+a
+mountainous
+crag
+much
+like
+the
+crag
+that
+was
+his
+desktop
+wallpaper
+the
+walls
+were
+unadorned
+except
+for
+a
+few
+tacked-up
+papers
+in
+report
+covers
+explaining
+his
+script
+when
+larry
+made
+a
+call
+to
+a
+potential
+customer
+it
+always
+went
+the
+same
+way
+hi
+mr/mrs
+customer's
+name
+my
+name
+is
+larry
+and
+i'm
+with
+client's
+name
+and
+was
+just
+wondering
+if
+i
+could
+have
+a
+minute
+of
+your
+time
+oh
+no
+sir
+i
+don't
+want
+whatever
+it
+is
+you're
+selling
+customer
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+larry
+had
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+read
+the
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+of
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+on
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+sometimes
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+an
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+the
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+it
+kept
+him
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+further
+into
+the
+script
+so
+when
+jane
+said
+sure
+i
+have
+nothing
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+um
+alright
+mrs
+mrs
+loring
+i
+was
+wondering
+it's
+ms
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+mrs
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+ess
+miz
+no
+r
+larry
+she
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+her
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+but
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+sorry
+ma'am
+uh
+miz
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+but
+i
+wanted
+to
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+whether
+you'd
+like
+to
+ah
+buy
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+put
+his
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+and
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+disciplinary
+action
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+david
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+would
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