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Dear N'dugu,
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I hope you're sitting down,
because...
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- I'm afraid l
got some bad news.
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Since I last wrote to you, -
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- my wife, Helen
your foster mother, -
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- passed away very suddenly from
a blood clod in her brain.
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The services were lovely and
very well attended...
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- Ginny came in from Denver
with her friend, -
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- folks drove up from as far
away as Desmoines in Wichita, -
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- a very moving tribute any
way you look at it. I...
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I wish you've could
have been there.
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but now that all this
excitement is over, -
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- and the smoke
is clear, it's...
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- just me and my thoughts
knocking around...
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- in this big old house.
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I believe I mentioned
in my previous letter -
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- that I was an actuary.
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- a woodman of the
world insurance company.
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lf I'm given a man's age
race, profession, -
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- place of residence, -
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- marital status and
medical history.
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I can calculate
with great probability, -
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- how long that man
will live.
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In my own case
now that my wife has died, -
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- there is a 73% chance,
that I will die within 9 years, -
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- provided that
I do not remarry.