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Constable Moore had reached the age when men can subject their bodies to the worst irritations - whisky, cigars, woolen clothes, bagpipes - without feeling a thing or, at least, without letting on.

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Neal Stephenson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 31
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Camp Annapolis Junction
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