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April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.

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Christopher Morley
Age: 66 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 5
Died: 1957
Died: March 28
Journalist
Opinion Journalist
Poet
Writer
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Thinks
Green
Spring
Prepares
Light
Springtime
Thinking
Easter
World
April
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