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Nothing is Improbable until it moves into the Past Tense.
George Ade
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George Ade
Age: 78 †
Born: 1866
Born: February 7
Died: 1944
Died: May 16
Film Director
Humorist
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Reporter
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Writer
Kentland
Indiana
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Past
Nothing
Time
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Tense
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