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Unpleasant reading on the subject of anger tells us that there's not really anything wrong with it. In limited amounts. It can even be a good thing. A pressure valve.

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Dick Cavett
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: November 19
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Gibbon
Nebraska
Richard Alva Cavett
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