John McMartin Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Francis McMartin (August 21, 1929 – July 6, 2016) was an American actor of stage, film and television. Description above from the Wikipedia article John McMartin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Virus and Its Effects on Emotions
The Mayor:
Have you found out anymore of the effect of the virus?
Dr. Shapiro:
Well, it frees people from hostile feelings.
The Mayor:
You mean like tranquilizers?
Dr. Shapiro: [[friendly; [hopeful]
No, they merely suppress and diminish hostility. The virus seems to do away with it entirely. People become uh, ], more ], stop brooding.
Aide:
Mister Mayor, eighty-two percent not only stop brooding, they stop smoking. Ninety-three percent stop drinking.
The Mayor:
What's wrong with that?
Aide:
In terms of dollars and cents, it's disastrous. Our city is facing a drastic loss in income from sales tax.
The Mayor:
That's ridiculous. Forty-seven people? A drop in the bucket.
Aide:
But if this goes unchecked for a month, by mathematical progression, half of New York will have the virus. You know what that means? It means a loss in cigarette and liquor taxes more than one hundred and eighty million dollars.
The Mayor: [hoarsely]
A hundred and eighty million... Brady, what are you sitting there for? Get that bird!
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