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The widespread belief that Yuppies as a class would perish from Brie-cheese poisoning turned out to be over-optimistic.

Alfred Adler

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Alfred Adler
Age: 67 †
Born: 1870
Born: February 7
Died: 1937
Died: May 28
Ophthalmologist
Psychiatrist
Psychotherapist
Vienna
Austria
Cheese
Optimistic
Turned
Class
Brie
Belief
Yuppies
Would
Poisoning
Widespread
Perish

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