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It might be that some day I shall be drowned by the sea, or die of pneumonia from sleeping out at night, or be robbed and strangled by strangers. These things happen. Even so, I shall be ahead because of trusting the beach, the night and strangers.

Janet Reno

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Janet Reno
Age: 78 †
Born: 1938
Born: July 21
Died: 2016
Died: November 7
Lawyer
Politician
Prosecutor
United States Attorney General
Miami
Florida
Janet Wood Reno
Things
Shall
Strangers
Happen
Sleeping
Sleep
Beach
Dies
Stranger
Strangled
Night
Ahead
Pneumonia
Happens
Sea
Drowned
Might
Courage
Robbed
Even
Trust
Trusting

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