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Class is the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Sioux City
Iowa
Ann Landers
Esther Pauline Friedman
Cocky
Proved
Meet
Class
Sure
Comes
Life
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