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We are very short on organs, and the pig solution is probably a lot better than the human clone solution - though maybe not for the pigs.

Margaret Atwood

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Margaret Atwood
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: November 18
Essayist
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Ottawa (Ontario)
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
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