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Ten thousand pounds is the legal value of a negligently taken life, of a child or a parent. A cold and somewhat mean-spirited calculation: you would do better if you slipped on a paving-stone and broke a front tooth.
Don Adams, Comedian (1926) |
Roberto Calvi, Businessman (1920) |
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Politician (1933) |
Susan Davis, Politician (1944) |
Peter Davison, Actor (1951) |
Jeffrey Eugenides, Novelist (1960) |
Thomas Jefferson, President (1743) |
Garry Kasparov, Celebrity (1963) |
Howard Keel, Actor (1919) |
Jacques Lacan, Psychologist (1901) |
Bruno Bauer, Theologian (1882) |
Annie Jump Cannon, Scientist (1941) |
Jean De La Fontaine, Poet (1695) |