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After one of his [Hubert Humphrey] long-winded harangues I suggested he had probably been vaccinated with a phonograph needle. He responded by… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
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the distinction between rich nations and poor nations is one of the great dominant political and international themes of our century. — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share Image
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