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One of this playwright’s characters laments that he didn’t want his son Amos to “waste out his life being seventeen different things and ending up nothing” after his son fails to impress a scout from the Detroit Tigers. In that play by this playwright, (-5[1])David overcomes his guilt when he gets an epiphany from saving his sick mink through hard work. In another play by this author, after being denied a loan for a Florida sports business planned by his brother, (15[1])a man impulsively (*) steals from his old employer. Earlier, that man created by this author repeatedly ignored the studious Bernard (10[1])in order to spend more time playing football, leading him to discover his father's infidelity while telling him (-5[1])he flunked math. For 10 points, name this playwright, the creator of Happy, Biff, and Willy Loman, (10[1])who wrote Death of a Salesman. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Arthur Miller (The first two lines clue The Man who had all the Luck.)
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Nathan SheffieldMITHarvard8015
William OrrYaleAmherst10010
Christopher DechBrandeis ATufts A118-5
Kayla DrajpuchBrandeis BBoston College A13510
Dylan TanouyeTufts BBowdoin A14110
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