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Space Daily · Sunday, 28 June 2026
Sister Mary should not, by any reasonable interpretation of late-20th-century Alzheimer’s neuropathology, have been able to teach seventh and eighth grades for 42 years, to continue part-time teaching work until age 84, and to perform “remarkably well” on Sno…
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