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hearing aid   neurotic   climbing a fence   brandy   listening to the radio   brushing hair   single set production   trunk   21 the restaurant manhattan new york city   alligator handbag   attacking someone in a wheelchair   back scratcher   bazaar magazine   beach chair   blinded by camera flash   brandy snifter   carried over the threshold   carrying one's bride across the threshold   cigarette box   climbing a fire escape   costume jewelry salesman   courtyard   dance practice   death of a pet   dog digging in a garden   dog lowered from a balcony in a basket   east river new york city   eating alone   electric razor   falling from a window   feminine intuition   flower bed   gender   girl friday   hanging from a window ledge   hatbox   ice bucket   ice delivery man   imaginary dinner date   invalid   itch   leg in a cast   milkman   miss lonely heart   moving man   nightgown   clothes line   musical scale   note slid under a door   packing   recovery   reference to general motors 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