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First Things First

By Nora Ephron
Posted Monday, Sept. 13, 1999, at 11:04 AM ET
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I am fairly sure you are supposed to go first.

And yet it is 9:58 and I haven't received a letter from you.

I HAVE TO GO GET MY TOES DONE AT 10:30.

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First Things First

By Nora Ephron
Posted Monday, Sept. 13, 1999, at 11:04 AM ET
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Kurt Andersen was architecture critic for Time, co-founder of Spy, and editor of New York magazine. He now writes for The New Yorker, and his best-selling first novel, Turn of the Century, was published in May (click here to buy it). Nora Ephron is a screenwriter and director. Her films include Sleepless in Seattle, Michael and, most recently, You’ve Got Mail.
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