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during the course of my research asa graduate student, much like Christian
Slater's character in Interview with the Vampire. It's not at all as glamorous
ast sounds though, nor as easy. Real vampires aren't particularly looking to
be found, and ifthe comments section of articles on the topic is any measure, See More
can we really blame them?
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