Who said, “There are no second acts in American lives”?
F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “There are no second acts in American lives”.
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When did Texas try to capture New Mexico?
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What did the 1817 Rush-Bagot convention settle?
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When was the first Earth Day in the U.S.?
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