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It happens to be a matter of record that I was first in print with the discovery that the tastelessness of the food offered in American clubs varies in direct proportion to the exclusiveness of the club.
Calvin Trillin
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Calvin Trillin
Age: 88
Born: 1935
Born: December 5
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Kansas City
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Calvin Marshall Trillin
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