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Up On the Roof

           HehadbeenquitefrankwithJack.Hisfatherwasacorporationlawyer,andhewantedhissontofollowinhisfootsteps.George,whofeltnoburningcalltodoanythingelse,waswilling.Hisgradeswerenottopend,butthiswas,afterall,onlyprepschoolanditwasstillearlytimes.Ifshouldbecametomustbe,hisfathercouldpullsomestrings.George’sownathleticabilitywouldopenstillotherdoors.ButBrianHatfieldthoughthissonshouldgetonthedebateteam.Itwasgoodpractice,anditwassomethingthatlaw-schooladmissionsboardsalwayslookedfor.SoGeorgewentoutfordebate,andinlateMarchJackcuthimfromtheteam.

           Thelatewinterinter-squaddebateshadfiredGeorgeHatfield’scompetitivesoul.Hebecameagrimlydetermineddebater,preppinghisproorconpositionfiercely.Itdidn’tmatterifthesubjectwaslegalizationofmarijuana,reinstatingthedeathpenalty,ortheoil-depletionallowance.Georgebecameconversant,andhewasjustjingoistenoughtohonestlynotcarewhichsidehewason-arareandvaluabletrait’,eveninhigh-leveldebaters,Jackknew.Thesoulsofatruecarpetbaggerandatruedebaterwerenotfarremovedfromeachother;theywerebothpassionatelyinterestedinthemainchance.Sofar,sogood.

           ButGeorgeHatfieldstuttered.

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