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COLLECTING IS HER CUP OF TEA

Terry Kovel earned a degree in Mathematics at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. And yet, some things just don't add up.

Like, for example, when she was a kid vacationing in Niagara Falls with her family. In one of the many touristy shops that populate the city, her mother gave her a dollar to buy anything she wanted as a souvenir. Seemingly endless

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