his heart, beating for 84 years and full of love for the woman he affectionately called his "blue-eyed guera [pronounced whedda]," felt like it was failing.
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the school in yarmouth that year had a low opt-out rate � 2 percent, the superintendent said � so there was a cap on the amount of disruption an illness could cause.
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