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Call on literary convention, and it will gladly tell your story for you.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Gladly
Convention
Conventions
Literary
Call
Story
Tell
Stories
Conventionality

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