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I went to a football school, which meant that I went to a university that served up education and was simultaneously operating a sports franchise.

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Susan Orlean
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 31
Journalist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Meant
Football
Went
Sports
Franchise
Education
Operating
School
Simultaneously
Served
University

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