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I am grateful to Else Couch and Sally Couch Vilas for their stories and insights, affirmations, and corrections. I thank Susan J. Szaniszlo for her research, editing comments and suggestions, and some of the typing associated with preparation of this paper. I also thank Susan B. Crossland for typing the final drafts. Their help is very much appreciated.
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