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Whatever the reasons may be, I was very much affected by events of the 1930s - the Spanish Civil War, for example, though I was barely literate.

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The Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it's hardly a traditional political party anymore.

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Pakistan will never be able to match the Indian militarily, and the effort to do so is taking an immense toll on the society.

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In 1979, Iranians carried out an illegitimate act: They overthrew a tyrant that the United States had imposed and supported, and moved on an independent path, not following U.S. orders.

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In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing their programs, putting them forth, insisting that their representatives implement those programs.

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A financial institution has the task of taking risks, and if it's a well run institution - say, Goldman Sachs - it tries to cover the potential losses to itself, but only to itself.

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Obama's policies have been approximately the same as Bush's, though there have been some slight differences, but that's not a great surprise. The Democrats supported Bush's policies.

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Guantanamo is still open, but it's unlikely that serious torture is going on at Guantanamo. There is just too much inspection.

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Rendition is just sending people abroad to be tortured.

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You could imagine a language exactly like English except it doesn't have connectives like 'and' that allow you to make longer expressions. An infant learning truncated English would have no idea about this: They would just pick it up as they would standard English.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: December 7th, 1928

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