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"Although 20% of babies who were exposed to classical music in utero become doctors or lawyers, 100% of babies born on stage during a classical-music performance become Bill Gates."

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"It was hot, too. The kind of capital-H Hot that made his shirt stick to the Caddy’s weathered baseball-mitt leather seats like carpet to a dropped lollipop. While reaching for the comb wedged in his back pocket, Grimes caught a glimpse of his eyes in the rear-view mirror, looked over his tangle of greasy hair, and coolly ripped the mirror out of its bracket."

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A Toast to 10 of the City’s Oldest Taverns

"On that storied evening, bars poured drinks until the sun rose over Lake Michigan. The night’s revelers would later tell stories of huge men sitting on tiny stools, their faces shrouded by smoke. Of newspapermen drinking into the wee hours of a weeknight. Of vixens in sparkling dresses, and of every other character—real or imagined—that has since become synonymous with the soul of Chicago."

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