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Mr Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream

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Steven Watts, Prof of History, U of Missouri, and author, Mr Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream
... on his book and this theory of the pleasure principle that still drives the Las Vegas tourist industry.

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