Footnote #: 027
Refers to Dialogue: “The gland transplants worked every time.”
Time: 00:05:18
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The things the Narrator says here are insane! Not even Brinkley said it “worked every time.” We’re engaging in some puffery and exaggeration for effect.

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cf., "He learned as he operated, and he expanded his description of his results and exaggerated his claims at the same time – although he continued to emphasize that his operations were not successful in all cases" (Lee, 53); "Brinkley cautioned that there were no guarantees; his operation only had about a 95% success rate. He added calmly that it worked less well on 'stupid types'" (Brock, 41).

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