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   Ross Clark to All   
   Arthur Miller born (17/10/1915)   
   17 Oct 24 23:04:49   
   
   From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   American playwright,screenwriter,essayist (died 2005).   
   "...received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, testified before the House   
   Un-American Activities Committee, and married Marilyn Monroe." [1949-1956]   
   Death of a Salesman (1949) "considered one of the best American plays of   
   the 20th century." Yes, we read it in first-year English.   
   The Crucible (1953) used the Salem witch trials (1692-3) as an allegory   
   for McCarthyism.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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