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Women now were told not to settle for second best, told that they deserved better, but at a time, it seemed, when there was so much less to go around.

Lorrie Moore

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Lorrie Moore
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 13
Faculty Member
Novelist
Writer
Glens Falls
New York
Less
Around
Women
Deserved
Best
Settle
Better
Settling
Much
Seemed
Time
Second
Told

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