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Oversized houses, like oversized cars, seem to be a particularly American fixation.

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Susan Orlean
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 31
Journalist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Seems
Fixation
Like
Houses
Cars
Particularly
Car
Seem
American
House
Oversized

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