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Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.

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Dick Cavett
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 19
Actor
Artistic Gymnast
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Gibbon
Nebraska
Richard Alva Cavett
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