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And the sexes eyeing each other uneasily, for nothing is easier for a teenager to imagine than rejection.

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Roger Ebert
Age: 70 †
Born: 1942
Born: June 18
Died: 2013
Died: April 4
Film Critic
Journalist
Presenter
Reporter
Screenwriter
Writer
Urbana
Illinois
Roger Joseph Ebert
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Sexes
Rejection
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