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Water is powerful. It can wash away earth, put out fire, and even destroy iron.

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Arthur Golden
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 6
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Arthur Sulzberger Golden
Powerful
Water
Away
Earth
Geisha
Even
Wash
Iron
Destroy
Fire

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