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I grew up in central Illinois midway between Chicago and St. Louis and I made an historic blunder. All my friends became Cardinals fans and grew up happy and liberal and I became a Cubs fan and grew up embittered and conservative.

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George Will
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 4
Columnist
Journalist
Champaign
Illinois
George F. Will
George Frederick Will
Happy
Chicago
Midway
Made
Liberal
Blunder
Central
Cubs
Conservative
Illinois
Became
Cardinals
Fans
Blunders
Grew
Louis
Friends
Historic
Embittered

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