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Maleness in America is not absolutely defined it has to be kept and re-earned every day, and one essential element in the definition is beating women in every game that both sexes play.
Margaret Mead
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Margaret Mead
Age: 76 †
Born: 1901
Born: December 16
Died: 1978
Died: November 15
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The contempt for law and the contempt for the human consequences of lawbreaking go from the bottom to the top of American society.
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EARTH DAY reminds the people of the world of the need for continuing care which is vital to Earth's safety.
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Loving you is just like breathing, as effortless, and as lovely.
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Blackberry winter, the time when the hoarforst lies on the blackberry blossoms without this frost the berries will not set. It is the forerunner of a rich harvest.
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