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On Tuesday, May 3rd, I returned from California after attending the wedding of Ashley and Michael. Ashley is the daughter of my dear...

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Twelve Rhetoricals and One Declarative. 1. If your parents are dead and your only sibling, who is approaching 250 pounds and lives...