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>the The May Act... forbids unmarried men and woman from sharing a hotel room, and it also makes it illegal for a woman to cross a state line in a car, when accompanied only by an man (that she is not not married or related to)...
that sounds something like the Mann Act.
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Trust tsuwm.
Mann Act 7man8
5after J. R. Mann (1856-1922), U.S. Congressman6 an act of Congress (June, 1910) prohibiting the interstate transportation of women for immoral purposes, as white slavery
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WO'N,
Why is that a *double edge sword? Seems to me it only cuts *one way.
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Why is that a *double edge sword? Seems to me it only cuts *one way.
Well, insel...it seems that as victory girls they were praised for spending their time with servicemen, that it was noble and patriotic to mingle with and date the boys to lift their morale; but then, in another breath, they were denigrated as patriotutes for dating servicemen, and as a bad influence on the boys. A real double standard.
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I gotta go with Rock Island here. The metaphorical double edged sword cuts both the intended victim and the wielder. They's some nother term for this and Catch-22 doesn't quite hack it, either.
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I gotta go with Rock Island here. The metaphorical double edged sword cuts both the intended victim and the wielder. They's some nother term for this and Catch-22 doesn't quite hack it, either.Hmmm, Faldage...I didn't know you knitted with swords, too...but be some interesting and large sweaters and scarves! 
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There you go again. If your double edged sword cuts with one edge and heals with the other I think you need to sharpen the other edge. And if that's picking nits then black *is white and I'd advise you to stay clear of zebra crossings.
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There you go again. Thanks, Ronnie!  And, BTW, which 2 comes first in Catch-22?
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which 2 comes first in Catch-22?
Duh!. The first one.
It's not a Catch-22 because that would imply that they were castigated if they *did go out with servicemen and also if they didn't.
You *did know that Heller originally wanted to call the book Catch-18, didn't you?
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