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Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue.

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George Will
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 4
Columnist
Journalist
Champaign
Illinois
George F. Will
George Frederick Will
Tissue
Tissues
Ninety
Scar
Chicago
Percent
Fans
Cubs

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