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Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys?

Robert Cormier

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Robert Cormier
Age: 75 †
Born: 1925
Born: January 17
Died: 2000
Died: November 2
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Journalist
Writer
Bay State
Robert Edmund Cormier
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Wise
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Always
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