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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
Writer
the United States of America
Waiting
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Women
Polish
Really
Plants
Silver
Plant
Wait
Needed

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