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Ive never met a general yet who could milk a cow.

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Lennart Meri
Age: 76 †
Born: 1929
Born: March 29
Died: 2006
Died: March 14
Diplomat
Film Director
Historian
Linguist
Politician
Screenwriter
Translator
Writer
Reval
Lennart-Georg Meri
Lennart Georg Meri
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