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…She SaYs Its amazing what a proposal can do to a girl. ALLISON KAPLAN Special to The Jewish News ogi; Atlanta and_ taff'ro America .Wetebirated y- Rabbi Steven bow at the..134 dad° ..bothOod.'bf Ail anta. h o pe never in m life:again to have to ` go from the. highest Of feet': zngs t!i almost the lowest in a. split went from second," sy$ . ...cutting our cake to literally five minutes later I *as.in an arnbuiance with J 12/12 1997 72 ...…
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