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I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck.

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Arthur Golden
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 6
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Arthur Sulzberger Golden
Worried
Luck
Sight
Spend
Wish
Best
Chatting
Might
Sights
Afternoon

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