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Pages 35-38 - "disagreeable radical"
12016-02-19T15:14:16-08:00Paul Lantow2f63ee6b3cfd23dda2f0fdc2dd4a11e66749ec7374617plain2016-03-22T01:53:28-07:00Adrienne Engle1e8579e03f69bc65fd3942292ab931a5f700ae15While A New Life avoids direct one-on-one comparisons with the real world, the dates given here match almost directly with the dates of the Spitzer case. Spitzer was employed for three years total, whereas Duffy was only employed for one year. However, both were dismissed in 1949 over similar issues. This strongly suggests that the character of Duffy was heavily inspired by Spitzer.