He wrote for the Marx Brothers and influenced Woody Allen and Mel Brooks. But do Perelman's works speak to our era?

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Two relatively young men were sitting in a radio studio a few days ago talking about a radio show that started 100 years ago ...

Officers of the North Halifax Volunteer Fire Department, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in April 1984, are (front row, ...