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It's said that love makes the world go around. Let me tell you, the announcement lacks verification. It's the wind from the dinner horn that does it.

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O. Henry
Age: 47 †
Born: 1862
Born: September 11
Died: 1910
Died: June 5
Journalist
Writer
Greensboro
North Carolina
William Sydney Porter
Olivier Henry
Oliver Henry
Wind
Verification
Tell
Horny
Makes
Announcements
Around
Horn
Doe
Lacks
Love
Horns
World
Rounds
Dinner
Announcement

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