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Hmm. Petty? Yes. Ineffectual? Yes. Infuriating and off-putting? Yes. Counterproductive? Yes. It's got to be a product of the French Foreign Ministry.
Glenn Reynolds
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Glenn Reynolds
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 27
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Birmingham
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