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Women polish the silver and water the plants and wait to be really needed.

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
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the United States of America
Silver
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Wait
Needed
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Water
Women
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Plants

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