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Birthday Quandary as 42 Arrives in New York Memoir
Henry McLemore writes of turning 42 and facing a day planned with nurses, doctors, and practical gifts like a vacuum cleaner. He recalls youth’s joys and the shift to health and household worries, noting the calendar’s sunset of life and the taste of aging. A final line notes Netherlands Indies importing 1712 typewriters from the United States in five months.
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