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Eager to land a j%oun/%ali?^stic ;#position, Ada(m White ]goes to wo_
rk as an advice-giving ]newspaper\\@ colum%nist. His_*./ ed-^/itor#,])( Shrike, takes pleasure in= browbeating hi-#s
!a=;lcoho lic wife Florence for her past ad^ulte._ry, an) d ass.igning his e mplo- ,yees -jou-(rnali/ stic j^#]obs %for which t he_; y have*) little apti \tude or interest. Shr ;ik!e goads Adam into  m^_e$-eting on(/%\:e of)) his cor!:res ::pondents, F!$ay ^=*Doyle, a te\` %_ary`, self-pitying w +,oman wh
o? m%a
=#kes a play %\for_-? *him. `Adam is_-[ t)o(rn betwe` en his _loy(-alty to the newspap\er @and his )gir$l Justy.