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Punch after punch after punch. February is a mean bully. Nothing could be worse - except August.

Katherine Paterson

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Katherine Paterson
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: October 31
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Katherine Womeldorf Paterson
Mean
February
Punch
August
Bully
Worse
Except
Nothing

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