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are not. Facts speak for themselves. Our story was the result of weeks of reporting, carefully sifting fact from rumor and backbites aplenty. As a result, I believe we got the story, and we got it right.
Whether Democracy in the Town of Washington has ever been on par with Athens or Harper Valley, I leave that question to the Ages ... and The New Yorker.
Walter Nicholls
Washington, Va.
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