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" I am not, at heart, a playwright. "
Gore Vidal
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" The truth about Pearl Harbour is obscured to this day. But it has been much studied. "
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" On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died. "
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" Of all recent presidents, Clinton was expected to behave the most sensibly in economic matters. He understood how the economy works. But because he had used various dodges to stay out of the Vietnam War, he came to office ill at ease with the military. "
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