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1  I couldn't find my goddam hunting hat anywhere.
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2  I never did find out what the hell was the matter.
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3  It took me years to find it out, in old Sally's case.
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4  Some girls you practically never find out what's the matter.
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5  Catholics are always trying to find out if you're a Catholic.
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6  Besides, I wanted to find a record store that was open on Sunday.
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7  She was trying to give me the dough, but she couldn't find my hand.
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8  Then, when I went out to the checkroom, I couldn't find my goddam check.
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9  I simply happen to find Eastern philosophy more satisfactory than Western.
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10  , where she went, instead of calling up her mother to find out when she was coming home.
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11  Anyway, it took me about a half hour to find out where they all worked and all in Seattle.
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12  But Catholics are always trying to find out if you're a Catholic even if they don't know your last name.
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13  The reason he did it, it took me a while to find out, was because he wanted people to think my bags were his.
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14  But I was too afraid my parents would answer, and then they'd find out I was in New York and kicked out of Pencey and all.
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15  Then I thought of giving Jane Gallagher's mother a buzz, and find out when Jane's vacation started, but I didn't feel like it.
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16  If somebody knows quite a lot about those things, it takes you quite a while to find out whether they're really stupid or not.
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17  I'd have enjoyed it even more though, I think, if I hadn't been sort of afraid, the whole time I was talking to them, that they'd all of a sudden try to find out if I was a Catholic.
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