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Almost any group of three is going to form a triangle, with two points closer to one another.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
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Closer
Women
Points
Going
Group
Groups
Almost
Three
Another
Triangle
Two
Triangles

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