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"You know, sometimes I wonder what we ever did before we got the reading light."
October
1
1937
"You know, sometimes I wonder what we ever did before we got the reading light."
October
1
1937
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"You know, sometimes I wonder what we ever did before we got the reading light."
October
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1937
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