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Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English.

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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
Language
Preferably
Children
English
Every
Second
Grow
Grows
Knowing
Child
American

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