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TR on using extramarital accusations against Wilson: "It won't work. You can't cast a man as Romeo who looks and acts like an apothecary's clerk.

David Pietrusza

TR on using extramarital accusations against Wilson: "It won't work. You can't cast a man as Romeo who looks and acts like an apothecary's clerk.

Tags: assumptions, images, prejudice, public opinion, stereotypes

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About David Pietrusza

David Pietrusza (born November 22, 1949, in Amsterdam, New York) is an American author and historian.