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There's nothing wrong with most men's egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can't cure.

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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
Men
Egos
Cure
Cures
Ego
Wrong
Nothing

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