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.t O.\hio f?.==a.!mily, and i>s forced to recuperate <][.in^; the ,ir home dur^&),ing the  Christm!!as holidays. T, he overbe/#(aring.(, s??el,#f-centered celebrity soon comes to
 dominate the liv,$es of th(e reside[ #nts and every#one el=se who enters the household. He encourages :young adu")_l./ts R<ichard a#`\nd 
;Jun )\ @e Sta= nley t;o pursue their drea
?m@;s, muc/h to the: ``dismay of their convention@al father/`?! Ernest.　　Mea$n"whi& !l;$e, Whitesid&]"e's s;#s]$elf a- [ttracted to local n_ewspaperman Bert $ Jeff/\erson. Whe/@\n she ;[rea++; d%.#^%s Bert's pla<y, she %is so im*@pressed sh$`e as=" /ks"? Whiteside to s##how i\t: to_,: h\\$(is contacts, and then an\*nounces&! she will quit his employment and marry Bert. Howeve*&.r+!, he`'r ^b@oss is loath &to lose -such an -/ e-\fficient a%^ide a%\'nd does his best to sabo tage(_ ;/ t$he blo@ssoming romance.?"]
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