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"ref": "2005 May 8, Nancy Gibbs, “Midlife Crisis? Bring It On!”, in Time",
"text": "Sue Shellenbarger was 49, living in Oregon and writing her \"Work & Family\" column for the Wall Street Journal, when in the space of two years she got divorced, lost her father, drained her bank account and developed a taste for wilderness camping and ATV riding that left her crumpled up on an emergency-room gurney. \"People around me thought I'd taken leave of my senses,\" she says.",
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