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As for New York City, it is a place apart. There is not its match in any other country in the world.

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Pearl S. Buck
Age: 80 †
Born: 1892
Born: June 26
Died: 1973
Died: March 6
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Pearl Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
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