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Marie's family and some friends of hers. We walked in small groups out into the meadows or down the road; in short, we did what visitors at any resort would do, plus taking innumerable pictures of each other in innumerable poses and places. I learned later that Polaroid stock went up three points the following week.

In the evening after dinner we all retired upstairs to put on our rhinestones, gold or silver slippers and evening dresses for the special nightclub entertainment and party. Some of the girls had devoted some of their daytime hours to rehearsing skits, songs or whatever to add to the joy of the occasion that evening. I can't remember any of them now, 17 years later, but I certainly remember how well they were received and how much fun we all had just being ourselves. I should have mentioned that in addition to my wife and Joyce, there were about 15 other GGs (genetic girls to you) among us and they had a fabulous time too since they not only enjoyed the entertain- ment but were the envy of all the TV girls too. Indeed the whole experience was memorable.

At this "convention" I introduced the idea of the Foundation for Personality Expression. You will note that the initials are the same- FPE-I explained to the group that having a Foundation would give us some more prestige and position and make any research we did carry more weight. Since it took some financing to get it going I asked any that felt equal to helping with the effort to make what contributions they felt appropriate. Gloria, an old friend, came through with $200 and subsequently others pitched in too. Although the Foundation has never been cancelled or disbanded, it was never able to really do much as a unit in itself, most of what it might have done being done by me personally but often using the Foundation name. So it did contribute in that sense. It sounded much better to say that a piece of research was supported by the Foundation or that FPE was an arm of the Foundation, etc. so it served its purpose.

At the time I consulted my attorney about the process of setting up the corporation. Bob (Barbara) went with me as it was during the time he was still working for me. This fact took on some significance a few months later.

Several months after we returned from New York Bob brought suit against Joyce to have their marriage annulled, alleging that she had never been legally divorced from her previous husband. He got very

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