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April 20, 1981

The New Yorker cover for April 20, 1981

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Stephanie, Stephen, Steph, Steve

Penelope Gilliatt

Stephanie Angelica Bysehe Talbot Duncan is born in 1929, the daughter of Stephen and Stephanie Duncan. Her mother's great-great-grandfather Stephen had…