Professor Stulpin stated, " Psychological analysis indicates that Dr. Savoir Faire was a sociopathic personality with schizoid tendencies, delusions of grandeur and definite paranoia. His Rorschach indicates severe sibling rivalry and a serious Oedipus complex."
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" Dr. Savoir Faire was a sociopathic personality with ... definite paranoia."
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" Dr. Savoir Faire was a [sociopath whose] Rorschach indicated ... a serious Oedipal complex."