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George Will Among the Polysyllables
If he's so darned perspicacious, why is everybody picking on him?
January
1
1987
William A. Henry III
Bruce Leslie Wolfe
George Will Among the Polysyllables
William A. Henry III
January
1
1987
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George Will Among the Polysyllables
If he's so darned perspicacious, why is everybody picking on him?
January
1
1987
William A. Henry III
Bruce Leslie Wolfe
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