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Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:00 AM

Advertisements for myself

A hilarious collection of self-deprecating personals from the London Review of Books illustrates the gulf between high-minded Brits and Americans looking for love.
By Buzzy Jackson

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  • Wednesday, December 20, 2006 06:13 AM

    Harvard Magazine

    HM contains the same hilarious ads as the NYRB. My wife has a masters from Harvard, so we get the mag. Mostly it has pretty good stuff, but the personals are wonderful. I always tell her if she dumps me that I can find the perfect woman in HM, six languages, the Vineyard, and a really hot body. Wow, I can't wait.

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