Jim Toole, cantankerous former owner of Capitol Hill Books, dies at 86: The retired rear admiral treated the bookstore like one of his ships. He also sought to safeguard the English language, instituting a ban on overused words such as “like” and “perfect.”

Jim Toole, cantankerous former owner of Capitol Hill Books, dies at 86: The retired rear admiral treated the bookstore like one of his ships. He also sought to safeguard the English language, instituting a ban on overused words such as “like” and “perfect.”

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