The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.
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It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from Dear Abby instead of going to Mom and Dad.
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Abigail Van Buren (16)
Birth: | 4th July, 1918 |
Death: | 16th January, 2013 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Journalist, Writer |
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Pauline Esther Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the "Dear Abby" column in 1956. During her decades writing the column, it became the most widely-syndicated newspaper column in the world, syndicated in 1,400 newspapers with 110 million readers.
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