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How could I admit that the All-American Girl's force field of stoicism and self-reliance and do-unto-others-and-keep-smiling wasn't working, wasn't keeping pain and shame and powerlessness away? From a young age I had learned to get over - to cover my tracks emotionally, to hide or ignore my problems in the belief that they were mine alone to solve. So when exhilarating transgressions required getting over on authority figures, I knew how to do it. I was a great bluffer. And when common, everyday survival in prison required getting over, I could do that too. This is what was approvingly described by my fellow prisoners as 'street-smarts,' as in 'You wouldn't think it to look at her, but Piper's got street-smarts.
Piper Kerman Orange Is the New Black authority emotions prison stoicism survival

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ART 2083 clues
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AUTHORITY 242 clues
BEAUTY 218 clues
DEATH 196 clues
ARTISTIC 180 clues
PRISON 109 clues
PICASSO 94 clues
SLENDER 86 clues
HAPPINESS 84 clues
EMOTIONS 42 clues
UNDEAD 22 clues
AGEING 21 clues
STOICISM 19 clues
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  1. Piper Kerman, e.g. 85.71%
  2. Piper pattern 72.00%
  3. Piper rival 69.57%
  4. Where Kerman is 66.67%
  5. Piper's wear 66.67%
  6. Kerman. 66.67%
  7. Piper's drum 66.67%
  8. Piper topper 66.67%
  9. Piper’s drum 66.67%
  10. Native of Kerman 64.29%
  11. Piper the picker 64.29%
  12. Piper, for one 64.00%
  13. Piper elongat 64.00%
  14. Piper type 63.64%
  15. Citizen of Kerman 62.07%
  16. Natives of Kerman. 62.07%
  17. Piper description 62.07%
  18. Product of Kerman. 62.07%
  19. Piper of rhyme 61.54%
  20. Coin in Kerman 61.54%
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Unscramble PIPER5-letter words that start with P5-letter words that end in R5-letter words containing IP5-letter words containing ER5-letter words with P and I
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A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.
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LATC
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