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Nowadays people consider it a disgrace to admit that they are not stressed.

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Judith Martin
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: September 13
Economist
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Disgrace
Nowadays
Admit
Consider
Women
People
Stressed

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