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243:Career as a journalist
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464:Career as an educator
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360:Career as an actress
295:Career as an athlete
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555:Career as an author
473:Sister Thomas Welder
347:Career as an author
178:Career as an author
87:Career as an artist
545:September 15, 2011
321:Career as a jurist
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460:Thomas J. Clifford
421:Warren Christopher
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