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The great disadvantage of being in a rat race is that it is humiliating. The competitors in a rat race are by definition rodents.

Margaret Halsey

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Margaret Halsey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: February 13
Died: 1997
Died: February 4
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Yonkers
New York State
Rats
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Race
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