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A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.

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O. Henry
Age: 47 †
Born: 1862
Born: September 11
Died: 1910
Died: June 5
Journalist
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Greensboro
North Carolina
William Sydney Porter
Olivier Henry
Oliver Henry
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