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You always end up with too much, so it's good to be part of the conversation about not just what you can omit, but how you are going to do the grammar of the omission, how you make things continue to work when there's something missing. It's your last chance to rewrite.

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Tom Stoppard
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: July 3
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