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FIFTY by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER

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First Line: THIS IS WHAT A FIFTY-YEAR-OLD
Last Line: QUITTING TIME, DO YOU STILL ANSWER NEVER?
Subject(s): AGING; WOMEN;
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