As Mary Lou's skilled subordinates throughout that period, Frank Perley and Ben Tyree, know well, I would frequently test her patience with a late submission and occasionally with a particularly provocative column.

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My wife took the test, and I was among her first ten suggested matches.

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But I think the big test is what did voters think when they saw her, and my gut feeling is it probably hasn't changed her image.

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