Chapter Twenty-Two

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The Lasker Legacy

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IN THE CLIMACTIC SCENE of the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion are quaking in the great hall of the wizard’s palace. A huge, disembodied head looms over them, bellowing at them, ordering them to go away: Do not arouse the wrath of the Great and Powerful Oz! Peals of thunder accompany his bellicose threats.

But Dorothy’s intrepid terrier Toto scampers over to a corner of the hall, grabs a hanging curtain in his teeth, and pulls. The parting fabric reveals a thoroughly ordinary-looking ...

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