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Neurotics are anxiety prone, accident prone, and often just prone.

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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
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Accidents
Anxiety
Often
Neurotics
Prone
Neurotic

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