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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from One Basket by Edna Ferber: The girls, Cora and Tess and the rest, laughed and joked among
themselves and assured one another, with a toss of the head, that
they could have a good time without the fellas. They didn't need
boys around.
They gave parties, and they were not a success. There was one of
the type known as a stag. "Some hen party!" they all said.
They danced, and sang "Over There." They had ice cream and
chocolate layer cake and went home in great hilarity, with their
hands on each other's shoulders, still singing.
But the thing was a failure, and they knew it. Next day, at the
lunch hour and in the washroom, there was a little desultory talk
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