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Learned group reduced fat with regular servings of roast pig (8)

Ross

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literati

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(Other definitions for literati that I've seen before include "Bookish types" , "intellectuals" , "Learned, well-read people" , "Well-read types" , "The intelligentsia interested in writing and reading" .)

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