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By J. D. DanielsWhat is group relations? If your job involves attending meetings, then you know most meetings are a waste of time. We sense that what we are talking about cannot be what we are actually talking about, because, if it were, events would occur in a different order, and the tone or feeling would be different, and so on. Something else is happening to us, through us, and among us.
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By Anne Carsonwhat shape should I file my nails I wonder / / follow shape of moon usually best / / once I did them square / / lean forward please / / big mistake / / in basin please
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Last Day at the Agency
By Clancy SigalI awoke early in my apartment and rested quietly for an hour. Then I phoned my office to say that I would be in. Lucky, my secretary, was pleased, and said that she was thinking of getting married. We gossiped a few moments, then I got out of bed, slowly, and took a cold shower and shaved my beard off.
