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One thing about cold weather: it brings out the statistician in everyone.

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Paul Theroux
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 10
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Medford
Massachusetts
Paul Edward Theroux
Statistician
Weather
Brings
Cold
Everyone
Thing

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