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In 1963 she graduated from reed college, where she majored in physics, and in 1968 she received a ph. She has authored more than twenty books, including nickel and dimed. When someone works for less pay than she can live on when, for example, she. Bill moyers talked with garrison keillor about his latest book of interviews. To give one example, when she was working as a salesperson in the ladies.
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