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When the pressures really mount, the neurotic must choose: Shall he have a good cry, or set fire to his neighbor's house?

Mignon McLaughlin

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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
Good
Cry
Pressure
Choose
Shall
Fire
Pressures
House
Mount
Must
Neurotic
Really
Neighbor

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