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All dams are ugly, but the Glen Canyon Dam is sinful ugly.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
Author
Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
Ugly
Glen
Canyon
Dams
Canyons
Sinful

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