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French Exit

You know when you're at a party and you're leaving and you make this long circuit to say goodbye? Don't do it. Do a French Exit. Just walk out.

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By Rob Long • Mar 30, 2016 • 3m Listen

I was once having lunch with a well-known journalist in New York -- not because I'm important but because he and I are old college friends -- and when leaving the swanky mid-town restaurant, I ran into the then-president of a large TV network. She recognized my friend first and then her eyes went to me, and the recognition hit her, and so I after I made the introductions, she turned to me and said, "So, are you still....are you here now?"...

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