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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.

Erma Bombeck

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Erma Bombeck
Age: 69 †
Born: 1927
Born: February 21
Died: 1996
Died: April 22
Column Author
Journalist
Writer
Bellbrook
Ohio
Erma Louise Bombeck
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Naps
Librarian
Cookies
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Chocolate
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Senility
Gets
Mercenary
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