And people generally have the day off for the long weekend to recuperate from over-indulging and, well, shop.

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"I now see that my life must be what I can recuperate from my life by acknowledging my true identity, " she says.

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We are still able to recuperate from the spill, from the depleting fish stock, and are capable and able of restoring places to their natural state.

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Walters will have surgery later this week to replace a faulty heart valve, and will take the summer off from The View talk show to recuperate.

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