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The family dinner table is the cornerstone of civilization and those who \'graze\' from refrigerators or in front of the television sets are doomed to remain in a state of savagery.
The family dinner table is the cornerstone of civilization and those who 'graze' from refrigerators or in front of the television sets are doomed to remain in a state of savagery.
 Judith Martin

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