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Buck’s base weakness is lack of courage in investigating events that have great news value; for Buck is a newspaper reporter, and news is his stock-in-trade *

Buck a coward, by deliberately forcing himself into risky situations in order to gain firsthand information, develops courage, transformshis character, and becomes a "star " reporter **

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