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Ivana Lowell
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Ms. Lowell mentions the curses associated with the Guinnesses and the Dufferins (theirs apparently came from the first marquess' stint as viceroy of India), but has spent too much time on the psychiatrist's couch, in rehab and at AA meetings not to have learned the importance of taking responsibility for one's own actions.
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