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Hyperbole expands in societies where articulateness atrophies.

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George Will
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 4
Columnist
Journalist
Champaign
Illinois
George F. Will
George Frederick Will
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Societies
Society
Atrophies
Hyperbole
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