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February 5, 1972

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IV-Dip in Hot Water and Fry Till Acerbic

S. J. Perelman

Writer tells about his steaming t rip down the Persian Gulf on the S.S. Choleria, dreaming about the delicatessen food of Manhattan, for which the …