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Raising a child is very much like building a skyscraper. If the first few stories are slightly out of line. no one will notice. But when the building is 18 or 20 stories high, everyone will see that it tilts.

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Jim Bishop
Age: 79 †
Born: 1907
Born: November 21
Died: 1987
Died: July 26
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Jersey City
New Jersey
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