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*'''Teletype''' (30) - Also known as teleprinter, teletypewriter, or TTY, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype teletype] is an electro-mechanical typewriter used to communicate messages from point to point through a simple electrical communications channel.
*'''Teletype''' (30) - Also known as teleprinter, teletypewriter, or TTY, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype teletype] is an electro-mechanical typewriter used to communicate messages from point to point through a simple electrical communications channel.
*'''"You'll read where she ends up at the bottom of a bottle of Seconals"''' (31) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seconal Seconal] is a brand of secobarbital, a drug derived from barbiturates, used to treat epilepsy and insomnia and as an anesthetic. By saying this, Berman is implying that Holly will eventually commit suicide.
*'''Luise Rainer''' (31) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luise_Rainer Rainer] was a Jewish film actress from Europe who escaped to the U.S. during the Holocaust.
*'''The Story of Dr. Wassell''' (31) - A 1944 [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037316 film] about World War II that starred Gary Cooper.


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