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Humans treat time as a map and always know where they are located on it and respond with the appropriate emotion.

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Russell Baker
Age: 93 †
Born: 1925
Born: August 14
Died: 2019
Died: January 21
Autobiographer
Journalist
Writer
Morrisonville
Virginia
Russell Wayne Baker
Time
Maps
Respond
Appropriate
Treat
Treats
Emotion
Humans
Always
Located

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