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Others settle for small rewards the neurotic must always go for broke.

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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
Broke
Rewards
Small
Others
Must
Always
Neurotic
Settle
Settling

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