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New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.

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Jim Harrison
Age: 78 †
Born: 1937
Born: December 11
Died: 2016
Died: March 26
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I do have trouble with titles.
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Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.
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Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.
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