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25. Maybe his time at MIT gave him "the bug."

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 04:34 PM

Jun 2018

My elder daughter was born here in Germany, grew up here, went to high school (Gymnasium) here but for a semester in Dallas. She got "the bug." Went for her higher education in the USA, ended up graduating from a school in her field in New York City, and said, "this is home." She hasn't lived anywhere else since.

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Maybe his time at MIT gave him "the bug." DFW Jun 2018 #25

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