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The aging process seems to strike first at the mechanism which warns that we have been talking too much and the listener is growing restless. The signal isn't perfect at any age - drink, for instance, throws it right out of kilter - but it is almost non-existent in old people.

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Barbara Walters
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 25
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Barbara Jill Walters
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