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So, nothing happened, right?
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Kathleen Parker
Washington Post Writers Group
Updated: Aug. 25, 2017, 1 a.m.
LINVILLE, N.C. -- During the past two weeks, I’ve been conducting an experiment. I took a vacation. A real one, meaning I did nothing.

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