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“Old age is a shipwreck.” —Charles de Gaulle
December
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1972
MURRAY KEMPTON
David Levine
Floyd Patterson
MURRAY KEMPTON
December
1
1972
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“Old age is a shipwreck.” —Charles de Gaulle
December
1
1972
MURRAY KEMPTON
David Levine
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