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The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.

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Ted Turner
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
Businessman
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Media Proprietor
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Edward Turner III
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Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.
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