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He was young, blond, tall, broad, sunburned, and dressy, with the good-looking unintelligent face of one who would know everything about polo, or shooting, or flying, or something of that sort - maybe even two things of that sort - but not much about anything else.
- Dashiell Hammett, The Dain Curse, p.201 in Complete Novels
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