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P A R T V Conversations Talk, in its dictionary definition, ‘‘may be one-sided, the mere utterance of words with little thought. Communication may be uninvited or unreciprocated.’’ Conversation, by contrast, is ‘‘a speak[ing] together informally and alternately [in] an interchange of thoughts.’’ Illustration: Kitagawa Utamaro. Arm-wrestling between Two Beauties. Japanese color woodcut. Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation. ...

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