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A normal adolescent is so restless and twitchy and awkward that he can mange to injure his knee--not playing soccer, not playing football--but by falling off his chair in the middle of French class.

Judith Viorst

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Judith Viorst
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: February 2
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Journalist
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Newark
New Jersey
Middle
Chairs
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Soccer
Twitchy
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French
Injure
Knees
Adolescent
Falling
Knee
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Restless
Football
Chair
Playing
Awkward

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