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  • My mother liked Bari, but I had been dating her on and off for almost five years in a constant ebb and flow of "torrid sex, intense love, overgrasping, public breakup."

    "Now, I don't think he shoulda' killed her, but I understand!" 2005

  • The constitutional rights of all Americans, she believes, are threatened by an overgrasping, irresponsible government.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • The constitutional rights of all Americans, she believes, are threatened by an overgrasping, irresponsible government.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

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