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Don't like to do anything half-heartedly, even if it is a wicked and self-destructive avocation like smoking cigars
Curtis LeMay
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Curtis LeMay
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: November 15
Died: 1990
Died: October 1
Air Force Officer
Military Commander
Columbus
Ohio
Curtis Emerson LeMay
Wicked
Destructive
Half
Anything
Avocation
Self
Heartedly
Even
Cigars
Like
Cigar
Smoking
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