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Handsome or Homely Ashes Spark City Debate
In Chicago two men share the Ash surname and fame challenges. Sam Ash, hailed as handsomest American by sculptor Henri Matisse, earns a fraction of a million for singing while maintaining his figure for memorials. Paul Ash agrees to a $1,000,000 contract to lead a jazz orchestra with no self-improvement for five years. Both receive mail, yet Sam’s public praise contrasts with Paul’s gagged makeover clause.
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