BEN STEIN'S DIARY: Special Deliverance

Stein, Benjamin J.

BEN STEIN DIARY Special Deliverance by Benjamin J. Stein TUESDAY ERE I AM IN EASTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, standing in a drizzle, next to a football field where my son's team,...

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...BEN STEIN DIARY Special Deliverance by Benjamin J. Stein TUESDAY ERE I AM IN EASTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, standing in a drizzle, next to a football field where my son's team, Williston-Northampton, is playing their arch-rival, Suffield...
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