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Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

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Salman Rushdie
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
Actor
Essayist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Bombay
Rushdie
Joseph Anton
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie
Enough
Enchantress
Silvered
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Enchantment
Tongue
Upon
Language

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