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My father was a doctor. He was just a great guy, a gentle humanist, and an old-fashioned GP. He'd get up at… — Roselee Goldberg Copy Share Image
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Limiting the destructive risk-taking by large financial firms and banks which are 'too big to fail' is needed. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
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Just as children, step by step, must separate from their parents, we will have to separate from them. And we will probably… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
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