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It is the destiny of mint to be crushed.

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Waverley Root
Age: 79 †
Born: 1903
Born: April 15
Died: 1982
Died: October 31
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Journalist
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Rhode Island
United States
Waverley Lewis Root
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Food
Mint
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Culinary

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