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People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.
Calvin Trillin
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Calvin Trillin
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: December 5
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Kansas City
Missouri
Calvin Marshall Trillin
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