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"Late study In ht oil"

Heidi leaned back in her chair "I've got to steal whatever time I can to work on my dissertation"

Mildred blew the bangs of her nineteen-fortyish pageboy hairstyle out of her eyes and sat down "An attractive girl like you can't spend all your nights studying You should find yourself a good man and live it up once in a while"

"First I'll get my doctorate in history, then I'll live it up"

"You can't get passionate with a piece of paper that says you're a PhD"

"Maybe the sound of Dr Milligan turns hed "If I'm to advance my career in the navy, I'll need the credentials"

"Sounds to me like you like to compete with the opposite sex"

"Sex has nothing to do with it My first love is the navy What's wrong with that?"

Mildredwith a stubborn female, and hardheaded sailor to boot" She rose and looked down at the docu I can pull from the shelves for you?"

"I' Woodrow Wilson papers that deal with the navy during his administration"

"How horribly dull Why that subject?"

"I guess youan untapped sideline of history"

"You ht to research before"

"You said it, not me"

"I don't envy the guy who marries you," said Mildred "He'd co dinner and doing the dishes"