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Women usually love what they buy, yet hate two-thirds of what is in their closets.

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Usually
Hate
Two
Women
Love
Closets
Shopping
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