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Lord Castlerosse was taken to task by Nancy Astor over the size of his stomach. 'What would you say if that was on a woman?' she asked, pointedly. 'Half an hour ago it was,' he replied.
Nigel Rees
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Nigel Rees
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: June 5
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