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We give a method for constructing functions $\phi$ and $\psi$ for which $H(x,y)=\phi \left(x\right)-\psi \left(y\right)$ has a specified subharmonic minorant $h(x,y)$. By a theorem of B. Cole, this procedure establishes integral mean inequalities for conjugate functions. We apply this method to deduce sharp inequalities for conjugates of functions in the class $L{log}^{\alpha }L$, for $-1\le \alpha \<\infty$. In particular, the case $\alpha =1$ yields an improvement of Pichorides’ form of Zygmund’s classical inequality for the conjugates of functions in $LlogL$. We also apply the method to produce a new proof of the...