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the person talking to you never looks directly at you, but rather around the room, searching for the answer to the universal cocktail party question, 'Who's here tonight?

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Letitia Baldrige
Age: 86 †
Born: 1926
Born: February 9
Died: 2012
Died: October 29
Expert
Writer
Miami
Florida
Letitia Tish Baldrige
Person
Rooms
Cocktail
Looks
Question
Cocktails
Never
Answers
Searching
Party
Directly
Talking
Tonight
Rather
Universal
Around
Answer
Persons
Room

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