"Stephen G. Bloom" is an American journalist and professor of Journalism at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City.

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Before I realized it, out from my mouth comes, 'Good morning,'.

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You just don't bargain in rural Iowa because to bargain or dicker for a lower price would mean that the initial price offered was set artificially high.

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She lost control of the car and drove up on the sidewalk, accidentally floored it, went 80 miles an hour, and when she was stopped by the police chief, she offered the guy a bribe, ... And the cop said, 'We don't do that here.'

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